American musical theatre

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf theatrical genre
countryOfOrigin 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)
Tony Award for Best Musical
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
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
Cole Porter
George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
Leonard Bernstein
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Oscar Hammerstein II
Richard Rodgers
Stephen Sondheim
hasNotableDirectorChoreographer Bob Fosse
Harold Prince
Jerome Robbins
Michael Bennett
hasNotableWork A Chorus Line
Chicago
Fiddler on the Roof
Hamilton
Les Misérables (Broadway production)
Oklahoma!
Rent
Show Boat
The Phantom of the Opera (Broadway production)
The Sound of Music
West Side Story
Wicked
linked to: Wicked (musical)
hasPurpose storytelling
historicalPeriodOfDevelopment early 20th century
late 19th century
language English
majorCenter Broadway
New York City
Off-Broadway
touring circuit in the United States
notableSubgenre Broadway musical
Off-Broadway musical
linked to: Off-Broadway

concept musical
integrated musical
jukebox musical
mega-musical
rock musical
typicalVenue Broadway theatre
linked to: Broadway theater

Off-Broadway theatre
linked to: Off-Broadway

regional theatre
touring productions
usesMedium acting
dance
songs
spoken dialogue

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Old Devil Moon associatedWithGenre American musical theatre
Frederick Loewe influencedDomain American musical theatre
Dania Krupska fieldOfWork Broadway musical theatre
linked to: American musical theatre
Vernon Duke hasInfluenced Broadway musical theatre
linked to: American musical theatre
Tin Pan Alley era influenced Broadway musical theater
linked to: American musical theatre
Spring Is Here hasInfluenceOn American musical theatre
Banjo Eyes culturalContext Broadway and vaudeville tradition
linked to: American musical theatre
Standards repertoire influencedBy Broadway musical theater
linked to: American musical theatre
Gypsy Rose Lee hasCulturalImpactOn American musical theatre
subject linked to: Gypsy Lee
Jonah Platt hasPartIn American musical theatre
John La Touche hasInfluenced American musical theatre
Richard Adler influencedGenre American musical theatre
Whatever Lola Wants associatedWith American musical theatre