Musical theater is a form of
theater combining
songs,
dance routines, and spoken dialogue
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History
- Operetta? (Gilbert and Sullivan etc.)
- Vaudeville?
- The golden age (40's/50's)
- The 80's musical boom
- Smaller musical?s etc.
Famous Composers/Writers?
- [Irving Berlin]?
- [Leonard Bernstein]?
- [Fred Ebb]?
- [George Gershwin]?
- Oscar Hammerstein II
- [Lorenz Hart]?
- [John Kander]?
- [Jerome Kern]?
- [Alan J. Lerner]?
- [Frank Loesser]?
- [Frederic Loewe]?
- [Cole Porter]?
- [Richard Rodgers]?
- Stephen Sondheim
- [Meredith Willson]?
Famous performers in musical theater
- [Nathan Lane]?
- [Gertrude Lawrence]?
- [Mary Martin]?
- [Ethel Merman]?
- [Bernadette Peters]?
- [John Raitt]?
See also Broadway.