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Also Known As musical comedy • musical theatre

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Filming of The Bad and the Beautiful
Vincente Minnelli
American director
George Gershwin
George Gershwin
American composer
scene from Footlight Parade
Busby Berkeley
American director
Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse
American choreographer and director
Matthew Broderick
Matthew Broderick
American actor
Julie Taymor
Julie Taymor
American director, playwright, and costume designer
Paul Robeson
Paul Robeson
American singer, actor, and political activist
Idina Menzel
Idina Menzel
American actress and singer
A legendary voice
Barbra Streisand
American actress, singer, director, producer
Rouben Mamoulian.
Rouben Mamoulian
American director
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Betty Comden
American songwriter
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John Kander
American songwriter
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Jonathan Larson
American composer
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Russel Crouse
American dramatist
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Lew Fields
American comedian
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Joe Weber
American comedian
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Joseph Stein
American librettist
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Lupino Lane
English actor
Cynthia Erivo
Cynthia Erivo
British actress and singer
Bertolt Brecht
Bertolt Brecht
German dramatist