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Most pieces of musical theatre contain what is called book—that is, spoken dialogue scenes in between each of the songs. However, some decide to go all the way and ditch spoken word completely (or almost completely) for sung word. More conversational and utilitarian exchanges are commonly made with use of recitative, in which the delivery of the singing is meant to mimic regular speech.
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It is worth noting that most of these shows do have brief bits of spoken dialogue. In ''[[Evita]]'', for instance, Che has two short monologues between and within songs, and [[The Unseen|Control]] from ''[[Starlight Express]]'' never sings and only issues orders to the trains. However, in order for a show to qualify there should not be any kind of scenes told through dialogue. Hence, ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (theatre)|Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street]]'' isn't a [[Sung Through Musical]] because even though it is very predominantly sung, there are still multiple scenes of spoken dialogue.
* ''[[Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]''▼
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* Pretty much a requirement of any [[Opera]].
* ''[[Cats]]''
* Some versions of ''[[Chess (theatre)|Chess]]''
* ''[[Evita]]''
* ''Falsettos''
* ''[[The Golden Apple]]''
* ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]''
▲* ''[[Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]''
* ''[[The Last Five Years]]''
* ''[[Starlight Express]]''▼
* ''[[Les Misérables (theatre)|Les Misérables]]''
* ''[[Miss Saigon]]''
* ''A New Brain''
* ''[[The Phantom of the Opera]]''
* ''[[
▲* ''[[Starlight Express]]''
* ''Trial by Jury''
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