Musicals is a tag that encompasses both staged productions and film. Note: Do not use Screen tag on musicals.

Although music and theatre have had a long relationship throughout history, musicals as we know them today started to emerge in the 19th century in the United States and Great Britain. In the United States, many musicals (but not all) start out on ‘Broadway’, which refers to the street in New York City where many theatres used to, and still do, operate today. Likewise, the U.K.’s hub of musical theatre activity is based around London’s ‘West End.’ Most English-language musicals, prior to going on tour, originate in either of these places.

After the advent of sound in film, adaptations of musicals or original musicals soon made their way into the cinematic medium as well. In fact, today movies are the easiest way for many people to experience a Broadway musical without having to go to Broadway. Musical movies saw a popularity peak in the mid-twentieth century, but have also seen a sort of revival in the twenty-first century.

Examples:

• “Alexander Hamilton”, The Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton/Lin Manuel Miranda
• “Shallow”, Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
• “Phantom of the Opera”, Andrew Lloyd Weber
• “Goin' Back to Hogwarts”, from A Very Potter Musical