musical comedies
Lighthearted song shows
Musical comedies is the plural of musical comedy—a theatrical genre combining spoken dialogue, songs, and dance, typically with lighthearted plots and happy endings.
The form dominated Broadway and the West End through much of the 20th century: She grew up on Rogers and Hammerstein musical comedies.
Often shortened to musicals.
- showtunesSongs from musicals
- musicalsTheatrical works with songs
- West Side StoryBroadway musical, rival gangs
- The Lion KingDisney's savanna succession drama
- happy endingStory concludes well
song and dance · jazz hands · lyrics · libretto · Chicago · operetta · revues · Gilbert and Sullivan · burlesque · vaudeville · scores · love duet · productions · orchestra · choreography · chorus line · opening number · performances
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Dramas with fatal endings
grand opera · Greek tragedies · tragic plays · Shakespearean tragedies · melodramas
musical comediesstraight plays
Theater without songs
grand opera · classical tragedy · avant-garde theater · experimental theater · silent film
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