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Broadway To Tokio
''Broadway to Tokio'' is a musical theatre, musical in three acts with music by Alfred Baldwin Sloane and lyrics and book co-authored by George V. Hobart and Louis Harrison. While the song material was composed entirely by Sloane, composer Reginald De Koven also contributed some dance music to the work. Karl Hoschna and Frank Sadler orchestrated the music. Essentially a revue, the musical incorporates elements of operetta, burlesque, ballet, and vaudeville. Plot ''Broadway to Tokio'' has a loose plot in which a mummified Cleopatra awakes inside a New York City museum and discovers her heart is missing. She first searches New York City for her heart, and then continues her quest west; first taking a train to California and then a ship to Japan. The action of the musical takes place inside the Eden Musée in New York City; Longacre Square in Tenderloin, Manhattan; aboard a train on the inside of a Pullman (car or coach), Pullman car; Golden Gate, San Francisco; aboard a Pacific Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Musical Theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting and dance. The story and emotional content of a musical – humor, pathos, love, anger – are communicated through words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an integrated whole. Although musical theatre overlaps with other theatrical forms like opera and dance, it may be distinguished by the equal importance given to the music as compared with the dialogue, movement and other elements. Since the early 20th century, musical theatre stage works have generally been called, simply, musicals. Although music has been a part of dramatic presentations since ancient times, modern Western musical theatre emerged during the 19th century, with many structural elements established by the works of Gilbert and Sullivan in Britain and those of Harrigan and Hart in America. These were followed by the numerous Edwardian musical comedies and the musical theatre w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
