Did you know that though the word “musical” just at the beginning of the 20th century appeared history of this relatively new music genre goes back to the theatres of the ancient Greeks and Rome when ancient dramatists used in their plays musical accompaniment and choreographed dances of the chorus? But, of course, the very first musical was staged many centuries afterwards. This important historical event took place on Broadway in 1866 when the play “The Black Crook” written by Charles M. Barras and produced by William Wheatley was firstly performed.
Generally speaking, musical has always been especially close to people showing ordinary persons in unordinary situations and having an entertaining character though often getting deep thoughts and serious dramatic emotions across the footlights and thereby very popular among the public from different social milieus, while classical theatre plays and operas demand usually a certain level of education and respective knowledge of the piece.
I personally love musicals and adore actors for their amazing versatile talent and physical strength which are surely needed when performing complicated dance figures accompanied by skillful vocal pirouette.
Though most musicals are scored for orchestras and they’re hard to be performed at home, we can sometimes meet smaller plays for piano and voice, as for example
here, enjoy this great music and feel like you were joining one of these breathtaking Broadway shows.
