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Historical context
- Musicals On Stage: A Capsule History
The ancient Greeks had plays with songs, and Roman comedies included song and dance routines. - Top Ten Origins: Historical Musicals
Here are Origins’ top ten musicals based on real-life people and events that have shaped the theatre.
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A history of Broadway and an examination of the Themes and Evolution of Music Theatre throughout Time.
Broadway
Aladdin on Broadway
Elements of Musical Theatre
- Four Magical Elements of Musical Theatre (Songs, Spoken Dialogue, Acting, and Dance)Musical theatre is unique because it falls somewhere in the middle of the spectrum of dance to opera. The overlap between these art forms is quite distinct, though. Unlike opera or dance, musical theatre pays equal tribute to dialogue, dance, movement, and music.
- Musicals and musical theatreA musical involves lots of different roles, including performers, musicians, lighting and sound engineers, choreographers, directors and producers.
Musical Theatre: Elements of a Musical
Types of Musical theatre
- Different Types of Musical...a brief look into some of the different types of musical that are performed on stage or film.
- A complete guide to every type of musical in musical theatre...complete guide to every type of musical you may expect to see in the West End.
- MusicalA live theatrical production, a musical typically offers a simple but entertaining plot with spoken dialogue interspersed with music, song, and dance. It is also called musical comedy or musical theatre.
- Stage musicalsWhen, in the 1930s and ’40s, dancing became an integral element in a genre governed chiefly by song—instead of being merely a diversion—the “musical” established itself as the legitimate theatrical heir to “musical comedy” and a form of popular theatre art that dominated the latter half of the 20th century.
Examples of musical theatre shows
References
Borja, J. (2019, December 9). Musical poster designs - The old, the new, the good and the bad. Speckyboy Design Magazine. https://speckyboy.com/musical-poster-design/
Broadway poster art - The top-ten most successful designs — Mark Robinson writes. (n.d.). Mark Robinson Writes. https://www.markrobinsonwrites.com/the-music-that-makes-me-dance/2015/1/20/broadway-poster-art-the-top-ten-most-successful-designs
Disney's high school musical. (2020, March 11). Thornbury Musical Theatre Group. https://www.tmtg.org.uk/productions/juniors-productions/disneys-high-school-musical-2020
Grisar, P. J. (2017, May 1). The best (And worst) Broadway posters of the season. StageBuddy.com. https://stagebuddy.com/theater/theater-feature/the-best-and-worst-broadway-posters-of-the-season
Shrek the musical theatre royal Drury lane repro folio poster. (n.d.). Dress Circle. https://www.dresscircle.london/shrek-the-musical-theatre-royal-drury-lane-repro-folio-poster-2771-p.asp