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The 85 pages that link to Musical theatre, each with the reason it gives.

• Broadway theatreNarrower topic: Broadway is a prominent commercial home for this broader art form.

• Stephen SondheimNarrower topic: Sondheim reshaped this form through tightly integrated music and drama.

• Oscar Hammerstein IINarrower topic: Hammerstein wrote lyrics and librettos within this broader theatrical form.

• West Side StoryNarrower topic: West Side Story uses all four elements to advance its plot and develop its characters.

• Richard RodgersNarrower topic: Rodgers composed within a form whose songs increasingly advanced dramatic action.

• Jerome RobbinsNarrower topic: Robbins’s direction and choreography helped make dance integral to dramatic action.

• Oklahoma!Narrower topic: Oklahoma! helped establish a model in which these forms advance one integrated story.

• Broadway musicalNarrower topic: Broadway musicals belong to this broader form, which also thrives outside Broadway.

• Show BoatNarrower topic: The work’s integration of music and drama became a landmark in this broader form.

• Tony Award for Best MusicalNarrower topic: The award’s influence extends beyond Broadway to the wider musical-theatre tradition.

• Book musicalNarrower topic: Book musicals are a major form of musical theatre, distinguished by plot-driven integration.

• American theatreNarrower topic: American musical theatre is one national tradition within this broader stage form.

• Jerome KernNarrower topic: Kern’s career unfolded as this form moved toward more integrated storytelling.

• Character songNarrower topic: Character songs are one way musical theatre integrates music with dramatic storytelling.

• Rodgers and HammersteinNarrower topic: Their partnership belongs to this broader art form and helped reshape its conventions.

• Bob FosseNarrower topic: Fosse integrated movement with character and storytelling in musical theatre.

• Mary MartinNarrower topic: Martin’s signature roles exemplify the musical-theater star’s integration of acting and song.

• Musical comedyNarrower topic: Musical comedy is one comic mode within the broader tradition of musical theatre.

• Audra McDonaldNarrower topic: It is the central tradition connecting McDonald's stage roles, vocal technique, and awards.

• Ethel MermanNarrower topic: Her star roles joined vocal display and comic characterization within the Broadway musical.

• W. S. GilbertNarrower topic: Gilbert’s tightly integrated plots and lyrics contributed to traditions later musical theatre inherited.

• Dick Van DykeNarrower topic: Van Dyke’s Broadway work and film musicals drew on his singing, dancing, and acting.

• Jerry HermanNarrower topic: Herman composed within this form, writing songs that advance character and dramatic action.

• Gilbert and SullivanNarrower topic: Their comic operas helped establish a durable English-language model for integrated musical comedy.

• Li JinhuiNarrower topic: Li used theatrical plots, songs, and dance to present music as commercial entertainment.

• Pet Shop BoysNarrower topic: The duo brought their songwriting into stage works including Closer to Heaven.

• Show tuneNarrower topic: Show tunes are the songs through which musical theatre often develops its stories.

• The Lion KingNarrower topic: The production expanded how musical theater could combine design and performance.

• Adolph GreenNarrower topic: Green’s Broadway career joined lyrics and librettos within this form.

• Betty ComdenNarrower topic: Comden’s lyrics and books helped shape musical theatre’s integration of comedy, character, and song.

• CarouselNarrower topic: Carousel uses integrated songs and choreography to advance a dramatic plot.

• Ewan McGregorNarrower topic: His singing in Moulin Rouge! brought musical-theatre skills into a major film role.

• Harold PrinceNarrower topic: Prince’s career shows how one director-producer could shape the form’s artistic and commercial directions.

• Ol' Man RiverNarrower topic: The song functions within a dramatic stage work rather than as an isolated narrative.

• Sayed DarwishNarrower topic: Its demands shaped Darwish’s compact, character-driven songs and stage compositions.

• Alan MenkenNarrower topic: Its dramatic conventions connect Menken’s Broadway writing with his film songwriting.

• Bernadette PetersNarrower topic: Peters's Broadway work belongs to this form, while her screen roles use different conventions.

• Cameron MackintoshNarrower topic: The large-scale musicals Mackintosh produced belong to this broader theatrical form.

• Carol ChanningNarrower topic: Her career joined comic acting and distinctive singing in major American musicals.

• Gwen VerdonNarrower topic: Her career centered on making dance and acting function together within a musical’s drama.

• Edyta GórniakNarrower topic: Górniak performed in musical theatre before becoming widely known as a recording artist.

• Number (performance)Narrower topic: Its productions commonly organize action into discrete musical and dance numbers.

• Richard GenéeNarrower topic: Operetta’s conventions helped shape later musical theater, the wider tradition Genée’s work preceded.

• Tim MinchinNarrower topic: Minchin’s theatre writing belongs to this wider form, beyond the comic songs that first made him known.

• Udo JürgensNarrower topic: His catalogue became the basis for a jukebox musical, extending the songs into theatre.

• Yip HarburgNarrower topic: Harburg wrote lyrics and librettos within this form, shaping songs to dramatic situations.