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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
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