伦敦是个文化艺术之都,一年中的任何时候,大大小小的剧院都在上演着各种形式的剧——歌剧、话剧、芭蕾,等等,其中最流行的大概要数音乐剧了。音乐剧(musical)起源于欧洲的小歌剧,是在对白与表演动作中穿插了歌唱和舞蹈的舞台剧。较之歌剧,音乐剧通俗易懂,而比话剧又多了音乐这 London is a capital of arts and culture. At any time of the year, theaters of all sizes, large and small, are staging various forms of opera - drama, ballet, ballet, and so on. The most popular are probably musicals. Musical originated in the European opera, is a stage drama in which singing and dancing are interspersed with dialogue and performance. Compared to the opera, the musical is easy to understand, but more than the drama of music