Broadway musicals
Sung stage shows
Broadway musicals are theatrical productions combining drama, music, and dance, staged in the theater district around Broadway in Manhattan.
The term suggests large-scale productions with elaborate sets, choreography, and orchestral scores: She dreams of starring in a Broadway musical.
By extension, any lavish musical theater production may be called Broadway-style, even when staged elsewhere.
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Broadway musicalsgrand opera
Fully sung dramatic spectacle
straight plays · opera · oratorio · tragedy · Shakespearean drama
Broadway musicalsgrand opera
Fully sung dramatic spectacle
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Broadway musicalsOff-Off-Broadway
Experimental small-venue theater movement
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