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What are plays and musicals? What's the difference between them?
Drama refers to a form of drama that focuses on dialogue. Although a small amount of music and singing can be used in drama, the main narrative means is the unaccompanied dialogue or monologue of actors on the stage. Drama is a comprehensive art, and script, director, performance, beautiful dance, lighting and comments are indispensable. China's traditional drama is not drama, and some western traditional dramas, such as ancient Greek dramas, are not strictly dramas because of their extensive use of chorus. Modern western stage plays are generally dramas if they are not labeled as musicals, operas, etc.

Musical drama evolved from comic opera and operetta (or operetta) Early called musical comedy, later referred to as musical. It is an opera genre that originated in England at the end of 19, and it is a drama form that combines dialogue and singing. Musical, music, singing and dancing are equal to a furnace, full of humor and comedy. Its music is easy to understand, so it is very popular with the public. Musicals are performed all over the world, but the most frequent performances are on Broadway in new york and West End of London in England. Therefore, the names of Broadway musicals can refer to musicals staged on Broadway, and often refer to all musicals similar to Broadway styles.

Musical drama is a new comprehensive stage art that appeared in the 20th century. It integrates singing, dancing and drama, widely adopts high-tech dance techniques, and constantly pursues the perfect combination of visual effects and auditory effects. At the same time, western musicals have summed up a set of successful market operation methods in the commercial performance experience of 100 years, and created a series of excellent plays suitable for all ages, which made this art form break through the limitations of objective factors such as age and class and was widely loved by the audience. With the healthy and rapid development of China's economy, the people's demand for culture and entertainment has also undergone diversified changes. Musical, as a new art form, has attracted a fixed and expanding audience with its characteristics of both audio-visual and elegant taste.

Musical (English), also known as musical, is a dramatic performance that combines music, songs, dance and dialogue. Humor, satire, sadness, love and anger, as moving elements, as well as the plot itself, are conveyed to the audience through the actors' language, music and movements, as well as fixed deduction. Some famous musicals include Oklahoma, The Sound of Music, west side story, Les Miserables, Cats and Phantom of the Opera.

Distinguish drama: perform with emotional dialogue. Have a specific time, place and background. There are lighting sets and pay attention to life.

Musical: It is accompanied by music, played by a powerful band, singing songs and dialogues. His performance should be upgraded to a higher level on the basis of life. Exaggerate your body movements. It also has beautiful dancing and lighting scenery.