Sung-through

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A sung-through or through-sung work is a narrative work such as a stage musical, musical film or opera in which the entire libretto is set to music, with little or no spoken dialogue or monologues used to tell the story. The story is told through a combination of aria, arioso and recitative. Early versions of this include the Italian genre of opera buffa, a light-hearted form of opera that gained prominence in the 1750s. [1] [2] Since Jesus Christ Superstar , sung-through musicals have been increasingly popular, with one commentator writing, " Hamilton demonstrates ... that a sung-through musical can be as vigorous in its storytelling as any more traditional book musical." [3] [4]

Contents

List of fully sung-through musicals

List of sung-through musicals with occasional spoken lines

List of sung-through musicals depending on the production

See also

Through-composed

References

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  2. ↑ Lotte Eilskov Jensen, Joseph Theodoor Leerssen, Marita Mathijsen (eds). 2010. Free Access to the Past: Romanticism, Cultural Heritage and the Nation. Brill. p. 236.
  3. ↑ Mandel, Jonathan. "Sung-Through Real American Musicals or Concerts with Benefits?", HowlRound Theatre Commons, June 2, 2016
  4. ↑ Opinion: "Writing the Book for a Musical: A Misunderstood Art", The New York Times , May 10, 2016
  5. ↑ Hummler, Richard (13 October 1982). "Cats". Variety . Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  6. ↑ Finkle, David (9 May 2016). "First Nighter: "Evening-1910" a Valuable Musical Evening-2016". HuffPost .
  7. ↑ Stern, Sara (22 November 2024). "Perfect Lesson for Imperfect Time: A Review of "Falsettos" by Court Theatre and TimeLine Theatre". New City Stage. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  8. ↑ Donaldson, Kayleigh (2017). "How to Make a Hamilton Movie". Screen Rant.
  9. ↑ "Ken Mandelbaum's MUSICALS ON DISC: Human Comedy and Ziegfeld Follies - Playbill.com". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-12-12.
  10. 1 2 Vermette, Margaret (2007). The Musical World of Boublil and Schonberg . Hal Leonard Corporation. pp.  37, 41. ISBN   9781557837158.
  11. ↑ Clarke, David. "BWW CD Reviews: NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 (Original Cast Recording) is Astonishingly Complex". BroadwayWorld.com.
  12. ↑ "First Nighter: Andrew Lloyd Webber's So Low 'Stephen Ward' and Solo 'Tell Me on a Sunday'". Huffington Post. 19 February 2014.
  13. ↑ Dietz, Dan (21 November 2012). Off Broadway Musicals, 1910Š—–2007: Casts, Credits, Songs, Critical Reception and Performance Data of More Than 1,800 Shows. McFarland. ISBN   9780786457311 – via Google Books.
  14. ↑ "A New Brain, a CurtainUp review". www.curtainup.com.
  15. ↑ Shubow, Charles. "BWW Reviews: NEXT TO NORMAL At Center Stage is Electrifying". BroadwayWorld.com.
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  17. ↑ Hischak, Thomas S. (18 February 2011). Off-Broadway Musicals since 1919: From Greenwich Village Follies to The Toxic Avenger. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   9780810877726 – via Google Books.
  18. ↑ "Munster High School Musical Opens Saturday." NWITimes. 2013.
  19. ↑ Hetrick, Adam (2 August 2013). "Erin Davie and Emily Padgett Will Star in Re-Imagined Side Show at La Jolla and Kennedy Center". Playbill.
  20. ↑ "Suffs Off-Broadway Review". 6 April 2022.
  21. ↑ "Chess the Musical – The Production Company". www.australianstage.com.au.
  22. ↑ "Chess: A Musical". www.metafilter.com.
  23. ↑ Chess (musical)#Miscellaneous productions.2C concerts.2C and recordings .281989.E2.80.93present.29
  24. ↑ Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris (film)#Soundtrack
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