List of musicals. The best productions of the past and present

The musical is a musical-scenic work, in which songs, music, dialogues and choreography are interwoven in an amazing way. This is a relatively young musical genre, which was influenced by the operetta, burlesque, vaudeville, etc. Due to its entertainment, the musical is considered one of the most commercial theatrical genres, and because of the complexity of the production process, much more money is spent on it.

The history of the emergence of a new musical genre

The starting point of this genre is usually considered to be 1866, when the first musical "Black Crook" was staged on the Broadway stage, melodrama, romantic ballet and other genres were intertwined. Since that time the list of musicals has been constantly replenished with new performances. From what has been said above, it follows that America is the birthplace of this genre. At the beginning of the 19th century, American composers J. Kern, J. Gershwin, and Col Porter gave the genre of the musical a truly American coloring: in the rhythms of melodies, the notes of jazz, the libretto became more complex, American lyrics appeared, etc. In 1932, Came to high awards. George Gershwin for the musical "I sing about you" was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. The most famous performances, which are on the list of musicals, are certainly the "West Side Story" (composer L. Bernstein) based on the Shakespeare tragedy "Romeo and Juliet" and "Jesus Christ the Superstar" to the music of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. Is the author of other no less, and maybe even more famous musicals: "Cats" and "Phantom of the Opera."

The best musicals: the AFI version

In 2006, the American Institute of Cinematography published a list of the best American musicals in the last 100 years. We present to your attention this list:

1. "The 42nd Street" - (1933).
2. The Cylinder (1935).
3. "Floating theater" (1936).
4. "The Wizard of Oz" (1939).
5. "Yankee Dudel Dandy" (1942).
6. "Will you meet me in St. Louis?" (1944).
7. "Firing into the city" (1949).
8. "The American in Paris" (1951).
9. "Singing in the Rain" (1952).
10. "The Theater Van" (1953).
11. "Seven Little Brides for the Seven Brothers" (1954).
12. "Guys and pupae" (1955).
13. "The King and I" (1956).
14. "West Side Story" (1961).
15. "My Fair Lady" (1964).
16. "Sounds of Music" (1965).
17. "The Funny Girl" (1968).
18. "Cabaret" (1972).
19. "All that jazz" (1979).
20. "Beauty and the Beast" (1991).

Despite the fact that, according to many, the golden age of musicals has been left behind, over the past 13 years in Hollywood many beautiful films in this genre have been filmed. Here is a list of musicals that are considered the best in the 21st century.

1. "Dancing in the Dark" (2000).
2. "Moulin Rouge" (2001).
3. "Chicago (2002).
4. "The Phantom of the Opera" (2004).
5. "Bohemia" (2005).
6. "Enchanted" (2007).
7. "Mamma Mia" (2008).
8. "Burlesque" (2010).
9. "Les Miserables" (2012).
10. "The Goddess" (2013).

French Musicals: List of the Best Performances

Until 1958, the musical was considered an exclusively American genre, but this year in London, with a triumph, was the play "Les Miserables" based on the works of the French writer V. Hugo. The author of the music was Claude Michel Schonberg. Another work by this composer, "Miss Saigon" based on the opera "Madame Butterfly", was a success on the Paris stage. The list of musicals of French composers includes the production of Starmania-Starmania (Michel Berger), Romeo and Juliet (Gerard Presgurvic), Notre Dame de Paris (Riccardo Coccante), Mozart (Kunze and Levai) and others.

Russian Musicals

The most popular musical in Russia for many years was and remains the beautiful rock opera "Juno and Avos". This is perhaps the most powerful work of composer A. Rybnikov. Today the best Russian musicals are "Nord-Ost", "Metro", in recent years on the Russian stage translated works translated into Russian are "Notre Dame de Paris", "Chicago", "Cats", etc.