MUSICAL PLAY

Miss Gloria Diuco

MUSICALS

Miss Gloria Diuco

MUSICALS

MUSICALS

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining music,

songs, spoken dialogue and dance.

Musicals are performed all around the world. They may be presented in large venues,

such as big budget West End and Broadway theatre productions in London

and New York City, or in smaller fringe theatre,-Off-Broadway

BROADWAY IN NEW YORK

WEST END- LONDON

Victoria Palace

LONDON

3 MAIN COMPONENTS OF A MUSICAL

• Music

• Lyrics

• Book

• The book of a musical refers to the story, character development, and dramatic structure, including the spoken dialogue

Book can also refer to the dialogue and lyrics together, which are sometimes referred to (as in opera) as the libretto (Italian for “little book”).

• The music and lyrics together form the SCORE of the musical.

UNDERSCORING

Background music

CREATIVE TEAM

DirectorMusical director Choreographer

TECHNICAL ASPECT

• set design• costumes,

• stage properties (props),• lighting and sound

There is no fixed length for a musicalhowever,

most musicals range from one and a half hours to three hours.

IMPORTANT FACTS

• A book musical is usually built around four to six main theme tunes that are reprised later in the show

• . Spoken dialogue is generally interspersed between musical numbers

• A book musical's moments of greatest dramatic intensity are often performed in A song.

*a song is ideally crafted to suit the character and their situation within the story

*musical usually devotes more time to music than to dialogue.

• The material a musical may be original, or it may be adapted from novels

• Example: Phantom of the Opera

MUSICALS

Miss Gloria Diuco

MUSICALS

Miss Gloria Diuco

MUSICALS

Miss Gloria Diuco

Longest running musical in London

LONGEST RUNNING MUSICAL IN THE WORLD

Seasons of Love

Summer Nights