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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. Since the early 20th century, musical theatre stage works have generally been called simply, "musicals". Musicals are performed all 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 fringe theatre, Off-Broadway or regional productions, on tour, or by amateur groups in schools, theatres and other performance spaces. In addition to Britain and North America, there are vibrant musical theatre scenes in many countries in Europe, Latin America, Australasia and Asia. Some famous musicals include Show Boat, Oklahoma!, West Side Story, The Fantasticks, Hair, A Chorus Line, Les Misérables, The Phantom of the Opera, Rent, The Producers and Wicked. From Wikipedia under the
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Q. I need to turn a play into a musical and need to know a little about th different type of songs that are in musicals. Thanks. I need to turn a play into a musical and need to know about the different types of songs that are in musicals. Examples that i can think of are like a ballad or a duet. Asked by Nicole - Fri Apr 10 18:46:37 2009 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments A. Hi Nicole, Traditional musicals carefully varied the placement of song types, while musicals of the late 20th Century showed an increasing reliance on placing ballad after ballad after ballad . . . yaaawn! If you are writing a musical, give your audiences a break and vary their melodic diets. The types of songs commonly required in modern musicals can be illustrated with these examples from Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady Ballads - usually love songs ("On the Street Where You Live"), but they can also philosophize about any strong emotion ("Accustomed to Her Face"). Charm Songs - let a character beguile an audience ("Wouldn't It Be Loverly"). Comedy Numbers - aim for laughs ("A Little Bit of Luck"). Musical Scenes - seamlessly… [cont.] Answered by cyberforce - Sat Apr 11 03:05:26 2009 From Yahoo Answer Search: "musicals" |
