Musical theater

Musical theater is a form of theater combining songs, dance routines, and spoken dialogue.

History

• Operetta (Gilbert and Sullivan etc.)
• Vaudeville
• The golden age (40's/50's)
• The 80's musical boom
• Smaller musicals etc.

Famous Composers/Writers

• Irving Berlin
• Leonard Bernstein
• Fred Ebb
• George Gershwin
• Oscar Hammerstein II
• Lorenz Hart
• John Kander
• Jerome Kern
• Alan J. Lerner
• Frank Loesser
• Frederic Loewe
• Cole Porter
• Richard Rodgers
• Stephen Sondheim
• Meredith Willson

Famous performers in musical theater

• Nathan Lane
• Gertrude Lawrence
• Mary Martin
• Ethel Merman
• Bernadette Peters
• John Raitt

See also Broadway.