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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Billion Dollar Baby

Performing arts; Theatre

Billion Dollar Baby is a musical set on Staten Island and in Atlantic City during the late 1920s. It follows the adventures of an ambitious young woman, Maribelle Jones, in her ...

Cats

Performing arts; Theatre

Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot, and produced by Cameron Mackintosh. The musical tells the story ...

The Phantom of the Opera

Performing arts; Theatre

The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart with additions from Richard Stilgoe. Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe also wrote the ...

Bonnie & Clyde

Performing arts; Theatre

Bonnie & Clyde is a musical with music by Frank Wildhorn, lyrics by Don Black and a book by Ivan Menchell. The world premiere took place in La Jolla, California in November ...

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

Performing arts; Theatre

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is a jukebox musical that relates the life and career of Carole King, using songs that she wrote, often together with Gerry Goffin, and other ...

Call Me Madam

Performing arts; Theatre

Call Me Madam is a musical with a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse and music and lyrics by Irving Berlin. A satire on politics and foreign affairs that spoofs ...

Can-Can

Performing arts; Theatre

Can-Can is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter, and a book by Abe Burrows. The story concerns the showgirls of the Montmartre dance halls during the 1890s. The original ...