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Beauty and the Beast
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Fred Astaire
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Agnes de Mille
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Ginger Rogers
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Gene Kelly
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Michael Kidd
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An American in Paris
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Stephen Sondheim
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Snow White
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“Golden Age” of musicals
The exact dates of the “golden age” of musical theatre are fuzzy, but many agree on the years between 1940 – 1959, which is listed chronologically below. Also, there are of course some other musicals that came out during the golden age. -
Rodgers and Hammerstein
The collaboration of composer Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) and lyricist/librettist Oscar Hammerstein II (1895-1960) began in 1943 with their landmark musical Oklahoma! -
Annie Get your Gun
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Singin’ in the Rain
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Seven Brothers for Seven Brothers
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Oklahoma
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The King and I
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Bye Bye Birdie
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South PaciAic
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The Sound of Music
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Fiddler on the Roof
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“Rocky Horror Show”
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Grease
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Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
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A Chorus Line
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Hairspray
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Newsies
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Rent
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Lion King
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Anchors Aweigh
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Wicked
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Hamilton
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The Greatest Showman