Musical theater

If you've ever been to a play or musical, you're probably familiar with musical theater. Musical theater is an art form and type of entertainment that combines acting, dancing, and singing. Musical theater productions, also known as musicals, are performed around the world. From plays at your school to Broadway in New York City, many people enjoy musical theater performances.

Music as an art of the theatre has its roots in primitive ritual and ceremony and its branches in every modern means of theatrical presentation. Its functions are as varied as the forms require and range from being the primary reason for performance, as in opera, to mere noise, filling a vacuum in imagination for some screen and stage presentations.

Musical theater is a form of dramatic production combining acting, singing, and dancing to tell a story. We tend to call these productions musicals, or sometimes Broadway musicals based on their preeminent venue. You'll laugh, you'll cry, you'll cheer, you'll sing; it's an artistic experience unlike any other.