While the Number of Musicals Per Season Has Declined,the Genre

Essay

While the number of musicals per season has declined,the genre of musical theatre continues to be popular with the theatre-going public.The same cannot be said for the film musical,which dropped out of favor in the mid-1960s.Recently,there has been a resurgence in the film musical with the popularity of such films as Moulin Rouge,Chicago,and Rent.What accounts for films' renewed interest in going public in this type of musical?