What Makes A Musical

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Series: Putting It Together: Words and Music and Musical Theater
Length: 05:50

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Raininspain_small A musical is not a cabaret show and it's not an opera. It has distinct elements that must be present. In this piece Heather Nathans, Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Maryland explains what those elements are.

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Piece Description

A musical is not a cabaret show and it's not an opera. It has distinct elements that must be present. In this piece Heather Nathans, Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Maryland explains what those elements are.

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Title	Artist	Album	Label	Year	Length
Voi Che Sapete	Anne Sofie von Otter & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra	Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro.	Deutsche Grammophon	1992	00:00
The Shadow of Your Smile	Sarah Vaughan	The New Scene (Reissue).	UNIVERSAL		00:00
Wouldn't It Be Loverly	Julie Andrews	My Fair Lady - ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED.	Sony	2002	00:00
Walk Through the Fire	Anthony Stewart Head, Emma Caulfield, Hinton Battle, James Marsters, Nicholas Brendon, Orchestra and Sarah Michelle Gellar	Buffy the Vampire Slayer - Once More, With Feeling.	Rounder / Umgd	2002	00:00
Soliloquy	John Raitt	Original Broadway Cast, Carousel.	Decca	2000	00:00
I Get a Kick Out of You	Patti LuPone	Cole Porter: A Centennial Celebration.	RCA	1991	00:00
Sweeney Todd	2005 Broadway Revival Cast	Sweeney Todd.	Nonesuch	2006	00:00
Another Hundred People	Beth Howland	Company - A Musical Comedy (1970 Original Broadway Cast).	Sony	1996	00:00