Musical theatre
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Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated
The Black Crook was a long-running musical on Broadway in 1866.
A Gaiety Girl (1893) was one of the first hit musicals.
George Gershwin
Chinese opera performers
Stephen Sondheim
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Stephen Joshua Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical. He received
Sondheim, c. 1976
Oscar Hammerstein c. 1940
Original Broadway production of West Side Story
Sondheim in New York, 1972