muzikal (angleško musical), severnoameriška oblika spevoigre z govorjenim dialogom, pevskimi in plesnimi točkami. Muzikal je nastal na newyorškem Broadwayu po 1900. Pomembne muzikale so napisali J. Kern/O. Hammerstein (Show Boat, 1927), G. Gershwin (Porgy and Bess, 1935), K. Weill (Lady in the Dark, 1941), R. Rodgers/O. Hammerstein (Oklahoma, 1943, Carousel, 1945), I. Berlin (Annie Get Your Gun, 1946), C. Porter (Kiss Me, Kate, 1948), F. Loewe (My Fair Lady, 1956), L. Bernstein (West Side Story, 1957), J. Herman (Hello, Dolly, 1964), J. Bock/J. Robbins (Fiddler On The Roof, 1964), G. McDermot (Hair, 1968), M. Hamlisch (A Chorus Line, 1975), A. Lloyd Webber (Cats, 1982).
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