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PBS' list of "memorable musicals."
Many musicals were produced in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, but before [[Oklahoma!]] (with some exceptions—[[Show Boat]] being an important one) they were revue-like pastiches of songs glued together by flimsy excuses for a plot. Many of the songs from that era, by such composers as the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, and Irving Berlin, have proved durable, but the shows themselves have not. When they are revived, the books are usually extensively rewritten.
Many musicals were produced in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, but before [[Oklahoma!]] (with some exceptions—[[Show Boat]] being an important one) they were revue-like pastiches of songs glued together by flimsy excuses for a plot. Many of the songs from that era, by such composers as the Gershwins, Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, and Irving Berlin, have proved durable, but the shows themselves have not. When they are revived, the books are usually extensively rewritten.
A list of fifteen musicals designated by PBS as "memorable"<ref>[http://www.pbs.org/wnet/broadway/musicals/index.html Memorable Musicals]</ref> includes:
*[[Show Boat]] (1933)
*[[Porgy and Bess]]
*[[Oklahoma!]] (1943)
*[[Kiss Me, Kate]]
*[[Guys and Dolls]]
*[[West Side Story]]
*[[Cabaret]]
*[[Hair]]
*[[Company]]
*[[A Chorus Line]]
*[[42nd Street]]
*[[Cats]]
*[[Le Cage au Folles]]
*[[The Lion King]]
*[[The Producers]]
==Notes and references==
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