Plays with Music

[gleedork14]

Posted: 10/13/09 at 10:32am

Hey all!

It's weird to post here for I haven't in years but I thought I give it another go. I am doing this project for an internship I have and I was wondering what other people's opinions are on the topic.

We know that we have straight plays and then full blown musicals. But then we have that gray area that is plays that have music in them. They aren't musicals persay but they aren't really straight plays anymore are they?

I just wanted to know from you all is, where is that line for you? What do you consider to be a play and what do you consider a musical? Lists opinions, types of plays or musicals. I have a lot of lists forming and I wanted to try and start to sort all my information. (I have examples such as Coram Boy, Rock n Roll to name a few)

Any opinions you can give me would be much appreciated.
Thanks so much.

[AwesomeDanny]

Posted: 10/13/09 at 3:33pm

I say that if people burst out into song and it's taken seriously, it's a musical. It's not if it's a fantasy sequence. I would not consider Glee or Fame a musical. Even if it only happens once, I still think it's a musical. I consider the Disney animated movies musicals. That's how I think of it.

[bwaylvsong]

Posted: 10/14/09 at 2:52am

I think the Tony Nominating Commitee set a minimum of 6 songs for a show to qualify as a musical.

An example of a play with music is GOOD.