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Motion pictures are presented with synchronized sound and people began to ask if cinema would replace the theatre. Musicals in this epoque emphasized on star actors and actresses, big dance routines and popular songs
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The Great Depression affected to audiences due to that people were poor.
Gershwing's Porgy and Bess is a very important opera -
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The most brilliant epoque of Broadway. Started with "Oklahoma!" and ended with "Hair".
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Modern dance was included as a integral part of West Side Story.
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Transported Romeo and Juliet to modern -day NY and converted the rival families into gangs. -
Milk and Honey and Hello,Dolly! were the first productions of Jerry Herman. Rock music started to be used in musicals.
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About the founding of the state of Israel. -
Rock musicals flourished with Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease...
There were musicals that explored the Nazi Germany, the Prohibition-era or more serious political biography. -
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"Mega Musicals" became popular. Were based on works of literature.
Large coroporations such as The Walt Disney Company adapted animated musicals for the stage. -
