Evaluation of contemporary musical elements and Cabaret as an example

The history of musical theater to no less a degree goes way back. The first examples of musical theater are seen in Ancient Greece and Rome. In the historical process, after the operas in Europe, the development of the musical genre continued with genres such as revues, operettas, variety shows and music hall entertainment, and large production works that were launched as mega musicals consisting of many musical theater genres emerged. It is seen that human lives are the subject of these musicals. Broadway is the leading venue of the musicals of this period. Musical comedy plays performed in Europe in the 19th century made Broadway a musical center. In the research, primarily opera and operetta are introduced as musical performing arts. In the following section, the definition and historical development of the musical is examined. In addition, the elements of contemporary musical in the context of music, play and dance are mentioned. In the last part of the research, Cabaret musical is examined. The aim of this research is to examine the development of the elements that make up the contemporary musical, such as music, dance, and play, within the musical theater genres and to evaluate them in the example of "Cabaret", which is an important contemporary musical. Keywords: Art, Dance, Music, Musical.