Sung Through Musicals — Page 2

No, Brooklyn is not sung through. But there are a ton of songs.

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a lot of it is underscored though
if that helps
and I know some people know this but I thought I might just post it
someone asked about it on the other page

def of Opera
1. A drama, either tragic or comic, of which music forms an essential part; a drama wholly or mostly sung, consisting of recitative, arials, choruses, duets, trios, etc., with orchestral accompaniment, preludes, and interludes, together with appropriate costumes, scenery, and action; a lyric drama.

2. The score of a musical drama, either written or in print; a play set to music.

Operetta
A theatrical production that has many of the musical elements of opera but is lighter and more popular in subject and style and contains spoken dialogue. Also called light opera.

Musical
A play or movie that contains musical numbers.
A musical comedy

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"I dont think RENT counts, theres a lot of speaking."

The only time where I think there is plenty of speaking is at the funeral, before the reprise of I'll Cover You. But then again, I think that's about the same as the dialogue before the Wigmaker Sequence in Sweeney Todd.

CATS (cringe) is also completely musicalized. (not necessarily sung, but danced, chanted, purred, meowed, and scratched) all the way thru

isnt candide an opera or sung through musical or something?

joseph and the technicolor dreamcoat
song and dance i think also

of course, none of these are on broadway anymore
and i think sweeney todd is worldy known as an operetta.

for it to be an opera has a lot to with the music style also. sweeney todd is very very classical. jesus christ superstar has a lot of rock music, but it fits the defenition of a ROCK opera (with certain songs being the most modern versions of arias, choruses,etc)

and while a lot of important meaning is delivered thru song in phantom, it is NOT sung through. if it were, all i ask of you and music of the night wouldnt be so redundant but would actually say something. so...i guess the best way to know is listen to your cast recordings, and if you can accurately decipher the whole meaning of the show and see it before your eyes and there arent any loose strings, then it's completely sung through. if it has chunks of info missing, or there are mostly songs that are repetitions of choruses and lines rather than conveying new info with each verse, then they're most likely musical comedies or whatever.

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The current CHICAGO came out in 1996, not 97.

im almost entirely sure that phantom isn't totally sung..as in there is actual dialogue or scenes between songs...but mebbe not - it's been a while

i really think that rent falls under the genre of rock opera tho (its very new, so it may not count as a genre at all) like jesus christ superstar, tommy, avantasia stuff, etc. then again, mebbe its a bit too pop. but i wouldnt put it in the same category as say, aida, which has tons of cool songs, but the story is mostly transmitted thru actual scenes and dialogue.

then again i dunno.

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What about Children of Eden. Can't remember if it was on or off Broadway though.