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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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ