The 5 weirdest musical subgenres

Musicals on ice! Musicals in water! Musicals as foreign policy! The simple delights of silver screen song and dance have been twisted into some strange, and wonderful shapes over the years. Maha Albadrawi charts the rise and fall of five odd (and remarkably successful) musical sub-genres.

6 November 2019

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