美国音乐剧发展的基本特征

A study of the development of American musicals

回望美国百老汇一个多世纪的发展历史,可以看到,美国音乐剧是一个具有特殊魅力且生命力强大的剧种,是一种大众娱乐艺术。美国音乐剧发展演变经过几个阶段,其中不乏一些共性的东西,也可以说是其发展的基本特点,即娱乐化、喜剧化、大众化、商业化。

A retrospect of the development of Hollywood over the past century shows that the American musicals have become a dynamic and charming type of drama and an art for mass recreation. The evolution of the American musicals in its different stages of development embodied some common aspects or its basic features, i.e. recreation and comedy orientation, massification, and commercialization.