American musical theatre

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theatrical genre

American musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance to tell stories, and has become a major component of popular culture and entertainment in the United States.

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Surface form Occurrences
Broadway musical theatre 2
Broadway musical theater 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf theatrical genre ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developedFrom European operetta ⓘ
burlesque ⓘ
minstrel shows ⓘ
revue ⓘ
vaudeville ⓘ
exportedTo West End theatre in London ⓘ
international touring markets ⓘ
hasAudience mass entertainment audiences ⓘ
hasAward Pulitzer Prize for Drama (for some musicals) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic collaborative creative process ⓘ
emphasis on character development through song ⓘ
integration of music and narrative ⓘ
use of recurring musical motifs ⓘ
hasComponent book (script) ⓘ
choreography ⓘ
lyrics ⓘ
music ⓘ
hasInfluenced popular culture in the United States ⓘ
hasNotableComposerLyricist Andrew Lloyd Webber NERFINISHED ⓘ
Cole Porter NERFINISHED ⓘ
George Gershwin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ira Gershwin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Leonard Bernstein NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lin-Manuel Miranda NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oscar Hammerstein II NERFINISHED ⓘ
Richard Rodgers NERFINISHED ⓘ
Stephen Sondheim NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableDirectorChoreographer Bob Fosse NERFINISHED ⓘ
Harold Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ
Jerome Robbins NERFINISHED ⓘ
Michael Bennett NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNotableWork A Chorus Line NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fiddler on the Roof NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hamilton NERFINISHED ⓘ
Les Misérables (Broadway production) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oklahoma! NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rent NERFINISHED ⓘ
Show Boat NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Phantom of the Opera (Broadway production) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Sound of Music NERFINISHED ⓘ
West Side Story NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wicked NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPurpose storytelling ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfDevelopment early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
language English ⓘ
majorCenter Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ
New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
Off-Broadway NERFINISHED ⓘ
touring circuit in the United States ⓘ
notableSubgenre Broadway musical ⓘ
Off-Broadway musical NERFINISHED ⓘ
concept musical ⓘ
integrated musical ⓘ
jukebox musical ⓘ
mega-musical ⓘ
rock musical ⓘ
typicalVenue Broadway theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
Off-Broadway theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
regional theatre ⓘ
touring productions ⓘ
usesMedium acting ⓘ
dance ⓘ
songs ⓘ
spoken dialogue ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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Old Devil Moon → associatedWithGenre → American musical theatre ⓘ
Dania Krupska → fieldOfWork → American musical theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broadway musical theatre
Spring Is Here → hasInfluenceOn → American musical theatre ⓘ
Vernon Duke → hasInfluenced → American musical theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broadway musical theatre
Tin Pan Alley era → influenced → American musical theatre ⓘ
this entity surface form: Broadway musical theater
Frederick Loewe → influencedDomain → American musical theatre ⓘ