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5 days ago · A musical is a theatrical production that is characteristically sentimental and amusing in nature, with a simple but distinctive plot, and offering music, dancing, and dialogue. Notable musicals include Show Boat (1927), Oklahoma!
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1. The Wizard of Oz. 1939 1h 42m G. 8.1 (431K) Rate. 92 Metascore. Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz, and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others' wishes.
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Every expression of the musical movie is present in this cavalcade of the 100 best-reviewed: the classics (All That Jazz, The Sound of Music), the mostly moderns (La La Land, Mamma Mia!
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[1] Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole.
- 30 'Mary Poppins'
- 29 'Fiddler on The Roof'
- 28 'The Lion King'
- 27 'My Fair Lady'
- 26 'Meet Me in St. Louis'
- 25 'A Star Is Born'
- 24 'Chicago'
- 23 'A Hard Day's Night'
Director: Robert Stevenson
As perhaps one of the most popular family-friendly musicals of all time (and one of the best movies of 1964), Mary Poppinsis one title that's likely familiar to many. It's a Disney classic in many ways, telling the unusual yet interesting story of a magical nanny caring for two children, with the trio going on all sorts of strange adventures, learning about the world around them. Get past the weirdly dark scenes and some annoying accents and there's a great deal to appreciate in Mary Poppins....
Director: Norman Jewison
A mammoth-length musical film that runs for approximately three hours, Fiddler on the Roof could well be considered a true epic, and quite a good one at that. It's a film adaptation of the beloved stage musical of the same name, and centers on a family dealing with love, loss, and the struggles of getting by in Czarist Russia during the early years of the 20th century. It's the rare time when what's put on screen does justice to what was already widely celebrated on stage, and as such, it's a...
Directors: Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff
Released in 1994, which was one of cinema's best-ever years, The Lion King is a phenomenal animated movie that manages to be a comedy, family film, drama, and musical all at once. It tells the story of a young lion prince who's banished by his evil uncle, Scar, and returns to his homeland as a young adult, looking to right the wrongs Scar's done during that time. The Lion King has so much going on at the same time, yet still feels coherent and equally satisfying to watch as both a kid and an...
Director: George Cukor
1964 was a big year for big, ambitious musicals, as not only did it see the release of the aforementioned Mary Poppins, but so too was 1964 the year that My Fair Ladycame out. It was also a monumentally successful movie, winning a total of eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture. It runs for almost three hours, and its narrative is centered around the unlikely romance that develops between an upper-class man who takes a working-class girl and attempts to transform her into a member of hi...
Director: Vincente Minnelli
A breezy movie that nonetheless has some subtly dark aspects to it, Meet Me in St. Louis is one of the most well-known musicals of the 1940s. It begins shortly before the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair, and follows several daughters who all learn about life and love, singing their hearts out all the while. It's a very colorful movie, and is well-presented overall thanks to the direction of Vincente Minnelli, who was one of the most acclaimed musical directors of his time. It certainly feels like...
Director: George Cukor
Modern-day viewers might be most familiar with the 2018 version that stars Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga, but the 1954 version of A Star Is Born remains the best. That being said, it's not the original. Aside from the two aforementioned versions, A Star Is Born's storyhas also been told in 1937 and 1976 versions. The tragic romantic story about a young female singer experiencing a rise to power while her older partner endures a fall from grace seems to be a generation-crossing one that audienc...
Director: Rob Marshall
Not only is Chicago a great musical, but it's also a surprisingly great darkly comedic crime movie, too. It's a satirical look at the similarities between infamy and fame, following two women who find themselves on death row in the titular city during the 1920s and will stop at nothing to avoid execution. To some extent, traditional musicals went out of fashion in the 1980s and 1990s, with unabashedly bold and music-heavy films like Chicago ultimately helping the genre become trendy once more...
Director: Richard Lester
Of all the movies featuring the members of The Beatles during their short-lived but tremendously influential time together as a band, A Hard Day's Nightstands as their best. Narratively, it's exceedingly simple: it simply follows the band members around a comedically heightened version of England in the 1960s as they get into trouble and try to avoid crowds of obsessive fans. A Hard Day's Night succeeds thanks to its uniquely offbeat sense of humor, the natural chemistry of the band back when...
- Jeremy Urquhart
The full soundtrack to Hamilton (ORIGINAL BROADWAY CAST RECORDING). Listen to the soundtrack now: https://wmcanada.lnk.to/hamiltontorontoLY“Hamilton” is the...
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Apr 28, 2024 · Generally, musical plays consist of two acts, along with a short intermission in between. More often than not, the first act is longer than the second, introducing all the main characters of the play. It’s also common for composers to end the first act with a complicated plot point on a dramatic note.
