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musical play

stage work that combines songs, music, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance
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musical play

Summary

musical play is a music genre[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,949 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • musical play's instance of is recorded as music genre[3].
  • musical play's instance of is recorded as theatrical genre[4].
  • musical play's instance of is recorded as type of dramatico-musical work[5].
  • musical play is a type of musical drama[6].
  • musical play is a type of audiovisual work[7].
  • musical play is a type of play[8].
  • musical play is a type of performing arts production[9].
  • musical play's Commons category is recorded as Musicals[10].
  • musical play's country of origin is recorded as Europe[11].
  • musical play comprises pit orchestra[12].
  • musical play comprises show tune[13].
  • January 1, 1560 marks the founding of musical play[14].
  • musical play's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Musicals[15].
  • musical play's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 7[16].
  • musical play's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox musical[17].
  • musical play's equivalent class is recorded as http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Musical[18].
  • musical play's different from is recorded as musical film[19].
  • musical play's different from is recorded as musical[20].
  • musical play's has list is recorded as list of lists of musicals[21].
  • musical play's practiced by is recorded as musical theatre composer[22].
  • musical play's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].

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Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include music genre[3], theatrical genre[4], and type of dramatico-musical work[5]. Recorded subclass of include musical drama[6], audiovisual work[7], play[8], and performing arts production[9].

Origins

January 1, 1560 marks the founding of musical play[14].

Use and Application

Components include pit orchestra[12] and show tune[13], a song type[24].

Why It Matters

musical play ranks in the top 3% of music_genre entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,949 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 40 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

Alan Menken Annie Cordy Ashley Tisdale Bob Fosse Bo Burnham Cole Porter Cynthia Erivo Diverse Harmony Elaine Paige Emmy Rossum Fikret Amirov Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, D.C. George Gershwin Glynis Johns Idina Menzel Irving Berlin Jerome Kern John Barrowman Jonathan Larson Ken Page Kristin Chenoweth Lea Salonga Lin-Manuel Miranda Lotte Lenya Mary Martin Milva Musica - Mixed Choir of Friends of Music New Hampshire Gay Men's Chorus Paul Laurence Dunbar Raimonds Pauls

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4d ago · Andre Engels · 2026-10-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 89
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'ba', 'be', 'be_x_old', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'da',
    Asc leiden thesaurus id → 294926879, 298838761
    Claims rich → —
    + 1 other property edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P5198]]: 298838761, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/53038331|musicals (form) (#53038331)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/1315|ASC Leiden Thesa"
  2. 16w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → musicals
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: musicals, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289955373|musicals (#289955373)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n"
  3. 17w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0006198-muzikaly, 0380384-muzikal
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: h0006198-muzikaly, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259547|batch #259547]]"
  4. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → Europe
    Topic has template → Template:Infobox musical
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 16 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 11693, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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