stage musical
C1714
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.
All labels observed (26)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| stage musical canonical | 460 |
| Broadway musical revue | 89 |
| musical comedy | 85 |
| rock opera | 20 |
| rock musical | 13 |
| off-Broadway musical | 10 |
| stage musical song | 7 |
| musical theatre ballad | 6 |
| musical play | 5 |
| musical theatre | 5 |
| musical theatre production | 5 |
| musical theatre adaptation | 4 |
| live musical stage show | 3 |
| Broadway musical song | 2 |
| act of a stage musical | 2 |
| backstage musical | 2 |
| musical stage show | 2 |
| stage concert | 2 |
| Tony Award–winning musical | 1 |
| book musical | 1 |
| fictional stage musical | 1 |
| musical stage production | 1 |
| musical theater | 1 |
| musical theatre revival | 1 |
| stage musical script | 1 |
| theatrical art form | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: stage musical
Generated description
A stage musical is a theatrical production that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and often dance to tell a story live before an audience.
Instances (673)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
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"Elaborate Lives: The Legend of Aida"
surface form:
Elaborate Lives: The Legend of Aida
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The Wild Party
surface form:
The Wild Party (Lippa musical)
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— |
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Rent (stage production)
surface form:
Rent (musical)
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| Flower Drum Song | — |
| Allegro | — |
| On Your Toes | — |
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The Cat and the Fiddle
surface form:
The Cat and the Fiddle (musical)
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| The World Will Know | stage musical song |
| Show Boat | — |
| Fosse | — |
| In a Place of Miracles | stage musical song |
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Woolverton
surface form:
Aida (musical)
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| Frozen (West End production) | — |
| Hamilton (Broadway) | — |
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In Transit (musical)
surface form:
In Transit
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Santa Fe
surface form:
Santa Fe (Newsies song)
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musical theatre ballad |
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The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
surface form:
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (stage musical)
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| Nunsense | — |
| Something’s Afoot | — |
| Raisin | — |
| Applause | — |
| Rags | — |
| Nick & Nora | musical comedy |
| If I Can’t Love Her | musical theatre ballad |
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Dot / Marie
surface form:
Sunday in the Park with George
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— |
| Li'l Abner (stage musical) | — |
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Bambi Bernét
surface form:
Curtains
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| Bring It On: The Musical | — |
| A Bronx Tale: The Musical | — |
| Simple Simon | musical comedy |
| Peggy-Ann | musical comedy |
| Dearest Enemy | musical comedy |
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Allee Willis
surface form:
The Color Purple (musical)
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— |
| The World of Paul Slickey | — |
| Bombay Dreams | — |
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Aladdin – A Musical Spectacular (former)
surface form:
Aladdin – A Musical Spectacular
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Broadway musical "Mexican Hayride"
surface form:
Mexican Hayride
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musical comedy |
| The Astonishing | rock opera |
| Joe's Garage | rock opera |
| Together: a Pixar Musical Adventure | musical stage production |
| Ben Franklin in Paris | — |
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musical "Ben Franklin in Paris"
surface form:
Ben Franklin in Paris
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| Back to the Future: The Musical | — |
| The Nightman Cometh | rock opera |
| The Boy Friend | — |
| The Bandwagon | backstage musical |
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The Color Purple franchise
surface form:
The Color Purple (musical)
|
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| Catch Me If You Can | — |
| Catch Me If You Can (stage musical) | — |
| Dames at Sea | — |