Musical Theatre Research Paper

‘’A musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines song, spoken dialogue , acting, and dancing. The story and emotional content of a musical-humor, pathos, love, anger-are communicated through the words, music movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole. Although musical theatre overlaps with other theatrical forms like opera and dance, it may be distinguished by the equal importance given to the music as compared with the dialogue, movement and other elements. Since the early 20th century, musical theatre stage works have generally been called, simply musicals.’’en.m.wikipedia.org As this for me of a musical I think a musical is like a play because I seen plays with musicals and I think this is mostly referring to like …show more content…
According to en.m.wikipedia.org, ‘’ Off-Off-Broadway refers to theatrical productions in New York City that began as part of an anti-commercial and experimental or avant-guarde movement of drama and theatre. Off-Off-Broadway theatres are smaller than Broadway and Off-Broadway theatres, and usually have fewer than 100 seats, through the term is sometimes applied to any show in the New York City area that employs union actors but is not under an Off-Broadway, Broadway or League of Resident Theatres contract. It also often used in connection with shows that employ non-union actors.’’ En.m.wikipedia.org// I think Off-Off-Broadway is the same but just in different aspects. Because its located in so many places and I think Broadway has a large impacted. According to en.m.wikipedia,’’ Broadway theatre commonly known as Broadway refers to the theatrical performances presented in the 41 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District and Lincoln Center along Broadway, in Midtown Manhattan, New York