Cause getting your dreams
It's strange, but it seems
A little - well - complicated
There's a kind of a sort of : cost
There's a couple of things get: lost
There are bridges you cross
You didn't know you crossed
Until you've crossed.
~ Gregory Maguire (for the Broadway musical Wicked)
When we're talking musical, we usually refer to either musical theater or musical films. While the former is an amalgamation of music pieces, songs, dialogues and dance with the elements of drama, the latter is a genre of motion pictures that incorporate musical sequences as interwoven parts of the thematic narrative. Famous musicals have garnered tremendous fan following among cinema as well as theater goers and the cynosure of their appeal lies in the way the story and the central idea is conveyed by resting the dominant part of the narrative and much of the histrionics upon musical effects, songs and artistic choreography.
Musical super hits like Moulin Rouge, The Sound of Music, Chicago and My Fair Lady have assumed a cult status among lovers of this genre of entertainment and, in a way, they give you a feel of the bygone era of theater and films when most of the old-world-entertainment churned out by this media used to be in the form of musicals and ballads. Check out the following list of famous musicals that illuminated the avenues for this entertainment genre, be it Broadway or the silver screen.
Famous Quotes from MusicalsIt's strange, but it seems
A little - well - complicated
There's a kind of a sort of : cost
There's a couple of things get: lost
There are bridges you cross
You didn't know you crossed
Until you've crossed.
~ Gregory Maguire (for the Broadway musical Wicked)
When we're talking musical, we usually refer to either musical theater or musical films. While the former is an amalgamation of music pieces, songs, dialogues and dance with the elements of drama, the latter is a genre of motion pictures that incorporate musical sequences as interwoven parts of the thematic narrative. Famous musicals have garnered tremendous fan following among cinema as well as theater goers and the cynosure of their appeal lies in the way the story and the central idea is conveyed by resting the dominant part of the narrative and much of the histrionics upon musical effects, songs and artistic choreography.
Musical super hits like Moulin Rouge, The Sound of Music, Chicago and My Fair Lady have assumed a cult status among lovers of this genre of entertainment and, in a way, they give you a feel of the bygone era of theater and films when most of the old-world-entertainment churned out by this media used to be in the form of musicals and ballads. Check out the following list of famous musicals that illuminated the avenues for this entertainment genre, be it Broadway or the silver screen.
We hear and use these quotes so many times in our mundane lives that sometimes we cease to realize that they are part of the scripts of some of the most famous musicals ever. Check out these famous musicals quotes to know what I mean!
- To love another person is to see the face of God. - Les Miserables
- Forget regret, or life is yours to miss. - Rent
- Never take a stranger's advice, never let a friend fool you twice. Nobody's on nobody's side. - Chess
- I wasn't looking, look what I found! - Thoroughly Modern Millie
- I ain't got nothing, so I ain't got nothing to lose... there's gold in them there hills and I'm gonna get it or die trying! - Thoroughly Modern Millie
- Don't be afraid that it won't be perfect. The only thing to be afraid of really is that it won't be. - Company
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