Musical theatre
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"Musical theatre works with their typical show tunes, usually referred to as "musicals", are performed around the world. They may be presented in large venues, such as big budget West End and Broadway theatre productions in London and New York City." --Sholem Stein |
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Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music, songs, spoken dialogue and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole.
Musical theatre works, usually referred to as "musicals", are performed around the world. They may be presented in large venues, such as big budget West End and Broadway theatre productions in London and New York City, or in smaller Off-Broadway or regional productions, on tour, or by amateur groups in schools, theatres and other performance spaces. In addition to Britain and the U.S., there are vibrant musical theatre scenes in Germany, Austria, Philippines, France, Canada, Japan, Eastern Europe, Australia, and other countries.
Some famous musicals include Oklahoma!, The Sound of Music, The Fantasticks, West Side Story, Les Misérables, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Rent, and The Producers.
See also
- Related forms
- Cast recording
- Chinese Opera
- Classical Indian dance
- Show tunes
- Industrial musical
- Yakshagana (Indian art form)
- General
- List of musicals
- List of musicals by composer
- List of musical theatre composers
- List of the longest-running Broadway shows
- Long-running musical theatre productions
- List of Tony Award and Olivier Award winning musicals
- List of choreographers
- AFI's 100 Years of Musicals
- Orchestral enhancement