While the number of musicals per season has declined, the genre of musical theatre continues to be popular with the theatre-going public. The same cannot be said for the film musical, which dropped out of favor in the mid-1960s. Recently, there has been a resurgence in the film musical with the popularity of such films as Moulin Rouge, Chicago, and Rent. What accounts for films' renewed interest

in going public in this type of musical?

What will be an ideal response?

Students may point to the popularity of musical TV shows such as Glee spilling into the realm of film, the use of popular and familiar music in movies such as Moulin Rouge and Mamma Mia!, or the sheer quality of movies like Chicago.