音乐剧又称歌舞剧,是一门以剧本为基础,以音乐舞蹈对白为表现手段刻画人物与传达概念的艺术表演形式。短短一百年里,在西方迅速发展并传播到世界各地,现在已经成为二十世纪世界舞台上的重要表演形式。与其他戏剧的特征一样,具有强烈的综合性、集体性与通俗性。它既以音乐为主题,又依赖于其他姊妹艺术(舞蹈、戏剧、表演)共同来完成,这就是音乐剧艺术的综合性。在一个共同目标下,用各自的全部艺术手法,努力去创造空间的和时间的艺术形象,由演员表现于观众面前,又表现为这一艺术形式的集体性。它的音乐多数运用了观众喜 Musical, also known as musicals, is a form of artistic performance based on the script and the concept of music and dance dialogue as the means of expression of characters and convey the concept. In just a hundred years, its rapid development in the West and its spread to all parts of the world has now become an important performance on the world stage of the twentieth century. Like other theatrical features, it has strong comprehensiveness, collectivity and popularity. It is based on the theme of music, but also depends on other sister art (dance, drama, performance) together to complete, this is the art of musical synthesis. Under a common goal, with all their artistic practices, they strive to create the artistic image of space and time, which is shown by the performers as an aggregate of the art form. Most of its music used the audience like