Calling all you musical theatre fans!
From "Show Boat", the genesis of the American musical, to "Wicked" today, everyone has their own idea of what is the quintessential American musical.
(and despite "Contact", a musical is any show in which the score of the show is used to advance or illuminate the plot.)
For me, it is a toss-up between "Guys & Dolls" and "Gypsy."
So...the question is thus:
From Kern who invented it
To Rodgers & Hammerstein who perfected it
From Cole Porter who gave wit to it
To Moose Charlap, who got lit to it.
From Bernstein who contributed his sense of mod urbanity
To Sondheim's minor thirds which make you question your humanity.
From dear Jerry Herman whose works glorify it,
To mensch Sheldon Harnick whose shows "oy-ify" it!
From Lerner, to Loesser, to Schwartz, and to Strouse
What American musical's tops in your house?
2006-07-31
09:15:37
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11 answers
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Vatican Lokey
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