Definition: Similar to a play that has a plot, singing and dancing.
Examples: Pal Joey by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, Oklahoma! by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and Porgy and Bess by Ira and George Gershwin.
musical theater
By Espie Estrella, About.com
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