Performing arts

Performing arts

Referring to those forms of art which make use of the artist's own body, face, and presence as a medium.

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Rent

Performing arts; Theatre

Rent is a rock musical with music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La bohème. It tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists ...

Guys and Dolls

Performing arts; Theatre

Guys and Dolls is a musical with music and lyrics by Frank Loesser and book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows. It is based on "The Idyll of Miss Sarah Brown" and ...

Cabaret

Performing arts; Theatre

Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit, inspiring numerous ...

West Side Story

Performing arts; Theatre

West Side Story is an American musical with a libretto by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and conception and choreography by Jerome ...

Hairspray

Performing arts; Theatre

Hairspray is a musical with music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Scott Wittman and Shaiman and a book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the 1988 John Waters film ...

1776

Performing arts; Theatre

1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone. The story is based on the events surrounding the signing of the Declaration of Independence. ...

Castles in the Air

Performing arts; Theatre

Castles in the Air is a musical comedy, with a book and lyrics by Raymond W. Peck and music by Percy Wenrich (additional lyrics by R. Locke). The story concerns two young men, ...