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Hip hop on Broadway
In recent years, hip hop's influence has reached into musical theater. Rap verses permeated musical theater as early as 1956 in the production My Fair Lady. Inclusion of rap in musical theater has been an increasing occurrence, making appearance in popular musicals such as Rent and Dream Girls While more notable for funk than hip hop, Broadway musical Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk fuses tap dance and hip hop dance styles together, and includes rap.

Off Broadway saw hip hop in the 1990s and early 2000s, with musicals ''So! What Happens Now? and Jam on the Groove''. In the Heights, music and lyrics by Lin Manuel Miranda and book by Quiara Alegría Hudes, also performed off Broadway in 2007.

Hip hop music met the Broadway stage in 2008, when In the Heights brought hip hop dance and music to Richard Rogers Theater. The production is said to fuse salsa and hip hop styles together, and has a healthy inclusion of rap. Miranda brought hip hop to Richard Rogers Theater a second time in 2015 with his production Hamilton. The show saw unprecedented success in the box office for a show of its kind. Hamilton and In the Heights included rap onstage in a way that theater had never done before, with the cast recording of Hamilton making number one album on the Billboard rap charts. The success of Hamilton suggests that Hip hop in theater may see a rise soon.

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