Musicals Style 6 : Popretta or Megamusical

Musicals Style No.6 - New Musical, Popretta or Megamusical


The Phantom of the Opera

- Basis: The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
- Book: Richard Stilgoe, Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Lyrics: Charles Hart, Richard Stilgoe
- Première: 1986 at Her Majesty's Theatre, London
- Film: 2004
Both the musical on stage and in film are fantastic and recommended highly.

 

 

Les Misérables (/leɪ ˌmɪzəˈrɑːb(lə)/; French: ​[le mizeʁabl(ə)])
- aka Les Mis (/leɪ ˈmɪz/) in English-speaking countries

- Basis: Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
- Book:
     French version - Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg
     English version - Trevor Nunn, John Caird, plus James Fenton
- Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg
- Lyrics:
     French version - Alain Boublil, Jean-Marc Natel
     English version - Herbert Kretzmer
- Première: 1980 at Palais des Sports (Paris), 1985 at London
- Film: 2012

 

 

* 'I've Dreamed a Dream' sings Susan Boyle in BGT.

Singing on Stage (2.5 hr):

 

Miss Saigon

- Basis: Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini

- Book: Alain Boublil, Claude-Michel Schönberg
- Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg
- Lyrics: Alain Boublil, Richard Maltby Jr.
- Première: 1989 at Drury Land, Theater Royal
- Film: 2009
Similar to Puccini's Madame Butterfly, it tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving a 17-year-old South Vietnamese bargirl abandoned by her USMC lover in the 1970s.

  

 

The Lion King

- Basis: The Lion King (1994) by Walt Disney Animation Studios
- Book: RogerAllers, Irene Mecchi
- Music: Elton John et al
- Lyrics: Tim Rice et al
- Première: 1997 Minneapolis (tryout), 1997 Broadway

  

Sources: Wikipedia

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