This low point almost always coincides with the end of the story’s second movement, and transitions into the third movement. Much like the transition from the point of no return into the story’s second movement, which occurs in the middle of a production’s designated Act One, the big gloom takes place midstream in a production’s Act Two. Remember, there is no Act Three in modern musicals. But there is always a third movement to the story, and the low point ought to lead right into it.
