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RE: Favourite Plays
September 1, 2023 at 3:28 pm
(September 1, 2023 at 8:40 am)brewer Wrote: A Streetcar Named Desire.

Death of a Salesman. 

Oedipus Rex.

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September 1, 2023 at 3:34 pm
(September 1, 2023 at 3:28 pm)Ravenshire Wrote: Phantom of the Opera

^^^ Isn't that a musical?
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September 1, 2023 at 3:59 pm
(September 1, 2023 at 3:34 pm)brewer Wrote:
(September 1, 2023 at 3:28 pm)Ravenshire Wrote: Phantom of the Opera

^^^ Isn't that a musical?

Plays can't be musicals?

Yes, it is.
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September 1, 2023 at 4:03 pm
Les Misérables.
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September 1, 2023 at 5:07 pm
(September 1, 2023 at 4:03 pm)Foxaèr Wrote: Les Misérables.

^^^ A musical.
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September 1, 2023 at 6:28 pm
(September 1, 2023 at 5:07 pm)brewer Wrote:
(September 1, 2023 at 4:03 pm)Foxaèr Wrote: Les Misérables.

^^^ A musical.

I think I'm missing the point of calling out the musicals...
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September 1, 2023 at 8:33 pm
(September 1, 2023 at 6:28 pm)Ravenshire Wrote:
(September 1, 2023 at 5:07 pm)brewer Wrote: ^^^ A musical.

I think I'm missing the point of calling out the musicals...

Plays do not include music.
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September 2, 2023 at 2:57 am
(September 1, 2023 at 8:33 pm)brewer Wrote:
(September 1, 2023 at 6:28 pm)Ravenshire Wrote: I think I'm missing the point of calling out the musicals...

Plays do not include music.

Yes, they do.

Well, the answer is, a musical is a play. The difference? A play is not a musical.
A musical is a play where the dialogue and action is broken up by musical numbers.
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September 2, 2023 at 6:38 am
(September 2, 2023 at 2:57 am)Ravenshire Wrote:
(September 1, 2023 at 8:33 pm)brewer Wrote: Plays do not include music.

Yes, they do.

Well, the answer is, a musical is a play. The difference? A play is not a musical.
A musical is a play where the dialogue and action is broken up by musical numbers.

https://sites.psu.edu/lavspassionblog/20...-musicals/
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September 2, 2023 at 11:26 am
(September 2, 2023 at 6:38 am)brewer Wrote:
(September 2, 2023 at 2:57 am)Ravenshire Wrote: Yes, they do.

Well, the answer is, a musical is a play. The difference? A play is not a musical.
A musical is a play where the dialogue and action is broken up by musical numbers.

https://sites.psu.edu/lavspassionblog/20...-musicals/

Your own link Wrote:...a musical is “a play where the dialogue stops and the plot is conveyed through song.”
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