Editing Musical theatre (section)

== International musicals ==
The U.S. and Britain were the most active sources of book musicals from the 19th century through much of the 20th century (although Europe produced various forms of popular [[light opera]] and operetta, for example Spanish [[Zarzuela]], during that period and even earlier). However, the light musical stage in other countries has become more active in recent decades.

Musicals from other English-speaking countries (notably Australia and Canada) often do well locally and occasionally even reach Broadway or the West End (e.g., ''[[The Boy from Oz]]'' and ''[[The Drowsy Chaperone]]''). South Africa has an active musical theatre scene, with revues like ''African Footprint'' and ''Umoja'' and book musicals, such as ''[[Kat and the Kings]]'' and ''[[Sarafina! (musical)|Sarafina!]]'' touring internationally. Locally, musicals like ''Vere'', ''Love and Green Onions'', ''Over the Rainbow: the all-new all-gay... extravaganza'' and ''Bangbroek Mountain'' and ''In Briefs – a queer little Musical'' have been produced successfully.

[[File:Paris Sette-Takarazuka1930.jpg|thumb|left|upright=1.15|Japan's all-female [[Takarazuka Revue]] in a 1930 performance of "Parisette"]]
Successful musicals from continental Europe include shows from (among other countries) Germany (''[[Elixier]]'' and ''[[Ludwig II (musical)|Ludwig II]]''), Austria (''[[Tanz der Vampire]]'', ''[[Elisabeth (musical)|Elisabeth]]'', ''[[Mozart!]]'' and ''[[Rebecca (musical)|Rebecca]]''), Czech Republic (''[[Dracula (Czech musical)|Dracula]]''), France (''[[Starmania (musical)|Starmania]]'', ''[[Notre-Dame de Paris (musical)|Notre-Dame de Paris]]'', ''Les Misérables'', ''[[Roméo et Juliette (musical)|Roméo et Juliette]]'' and ''[[Mozart, l'opéra rock]]'') and Spain (''[[Hoy no me puedo levantar]]'' and ''[[The Musical Sancho Panza]]'').

Japan has recently seen the growth of an indigenous form of musical theatre, both animated and live action, mostly based on [[Anime]] and [[Manga]], such as ''[[Kiki's Delivery Service]]'' and ''[[Tenimyu]]''. The popular ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' metaseries has had twenty-nine [[Sailor Moon musicals]], spanning thirteen years. Beginning in 1914, a series of popular [[revue]]s have been performed by the all-female [[Takarazuka Revue]], which currently fields five performing troupes. Elsewhere in Asia, the Indian [[Bollywood]] musical, mostly in the form of motion pictures, is tremendously successful.<ref>Jha, p. 1970</ref>

Beginning with a 2002 tour of ''Les Misérables'', various Western musicals have been imported to mainland China and staged in English.<ref name=Zhou>Zhou, Xiaoyan. ''Taking the Stage'', ''Beijing Review'', 2011, p. 42</ref> Attempts at localizing Western productions in China began in 2008 when ''[[Fame (musical)|Fame]]'' was produced in Mandarin with a full Chinese cast at the [[Central Academy of Drama]] in Beijing.<ref>[http://townsquareproductions.com/milestones/2005-2009/ ''Milestones: 2005–2009''], Town Square Productions, accessed September 30, 2013</ref> Since then, other western productions have been staged in China in Mandarin with a Chinese cast. The first Chinese production in the style of Western musical theatre was ''The Gold Sand'' in 2005.<ref name=Zhou/> In addition, Li Dun, a well-known Chinese producer, produced ''Butterflies'', based on a classic Chinese love tragedy, in 2007 as well as ''Love U Teresa'' in 2011.<ref name=Zhou/>