Something I've seen recently, from both Sassafrass group members and non-members, is Sundown being described as an opera. But, it's not, really
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1) I'm guessing you've seen the Kickstarter already, but in case you haven't, here it is2) Yeah, I was mostly concentrating on those two genres because Sundown unquestionably tells a story (at least, the full production does), has specific characters, staging (though actually quite a bit less of it than I would have liked to see), etc. But there are certainly other genres that have as much relationship to musical theater and/or opera as those do to each other, and unsurprisingly there are productions that fall somewhere between those other categories too - Songs for a New World is a great example of this, it's a 50/50 chance at any time whether I'll call it a musical or a song cycle :). I actually thought of Sundown as a song cycle more than anything else until we rehearsed the full show a week and a half ago, and that would still feel like a better term for it if all of the songs were performed in order without the scenes
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