1.   And it is speaking to its audiences with an electricity and immediacy that evoke the great American musicals of decades past.

2.   A great American novel has become a great American musical.

3.   But I bet Prince has a great musical locked inside that paisley head of his.

4.   But now television is stepping into the breach, with prime-time revivals of the great musicals.

5.   In the days of the great Hollywood musicals, two giants danced across the screen.

6.   Robert dreams of writing a great musical.

7.   The great Broadway musicals, no matter the degree of spoken dialogue, have an overall musical shape that their creators rendered carefully.

8.   This is a great musical, one that will continue to move audiences for years.

9.   Great musicals like MGM made could never be done today.