stage musical
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concept
A stage musical is a theatrical production that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and often dance to tell a story live before an audience.
Aliases (11)
- musical comedy ×5
- rock opera ×5
- Broadway musical revue ×1
- backstage musical ×1
- book musical ×1
- live musical stage show ×1
- musical play ×1
- musical stage show ×1
- musical theatre ×1
- rock musical ×1
- theatrical art form ×1
Instances (65)
- Oklahoma! (stage production)
- American Idiot ("rock opera")
- Wayang ("theatrical art form")
- 21st Century Breakdown ("rock opera")
- Sugar Babies ("Broadway musical revue")
- The Color Purple (Broadway revival)
- Gaieties (Stanford student musical) ("musical comedy")
- West Side Story
- Wonderful Town
- On the Town
- The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
- The Band Wagon ("backstage musical")
- Dear Evan Hansen
- Next to Normal
- musical "Hamilton" by Lin-Manuel Miranda
- Jesus Christ Superstar ("rock opera")
- Lady in the Dark ("musical play")
- Jubilee ("musical comedy")
- Camelot (Broadway production)
- Lady in the Dark (collaboration with Kurt Weill and Ira Gershwin)
- Carnes
- Finding Nemo: The Big Blue... and Beyond! ("musical stage show")
- Gypsy
- The Music Man
- The Most Happy Fella
- Big Fish
- For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration ("live musical stage show")
- Carousel
- The King and I
- The Sound of Music
- Pal Joey
- No Strings
- Do I Hear a Waltz?
- Flower Drum Song
- Allegro
- On Your Toes
- Show Boat
- The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
- The Nightman Cometh ("rock opera")
- Once Upon a Mattress
- Annie
- Mr. Saturday Night
- Mean Girls (musical)
- The Book of Mormon (musical)
- Shuffle Along, or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed
- Kiss of the Spider Woman
- Jekyll & Hyde
- Man of La Mancha
- The Wedding Singer
- Kinky Boots
- Riggs
- Mamma Mia!
- Moulin Rouge! The Musical
- Spamalot
- The Phantom of the Opera
- Hairspray
- Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds ("rock opera")
- Capitol Musical Theatre ("musical theatre")