Find these words in the article. Can you guess what they mean?

Here are the meanings of the words from the article: 1) Soap star: an actor in a television serial drama; 2) Musicals: theatrical performances combining music, songs, and dance; 3) Successful: achieving goals or obtaining desired outcomes; 4) State-funded: funded or supported by the government; 5) Performing arts: forms of art performed live for an audience, such as music, dance, and drama; 6) Design: the creation of plans and drawings for something to be constructed or made.