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Sarafina!
Saturday Night Fever
Seven Brides

Show Boat
Singin' in the Rain
Sophisticated Ladies

Sarafina!, Masterprint, 1988 Broadway Show

Sarafina! The Music of Liberation, a 1988 musical by Mbongeni Ngema is about the Soweto Riots in opposition to apartheid, was also adapted into the 1992 movie.

Saturday Night Fever Poster Print

Saturday Night Fever

Seven Brides for Seven Brothesr, Mini Poster

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers (1954 Oscar nominee for Best Picture) was based on The Sobbin' Women, by Stephen Vincent Benét, which was based in turn on the Ancient Roman legend of The Rape of the Sabine Women.

• #21 All Time Greatest Movie Musical, AFI

Show Boat, Limited Edition Print

Show Boat (1927), based on Edna Ferber's 1926 novel, is generally considered to be the first true American “musical play”. The 1936 film version stars Paul Robeson and Hattie McDaniel; the 1951 version starred Kathryn Grayson, Ava Gardner, and Howard Keel.

• #24 All Time Greatest Movie Musical, AFI

Singin' in the Rain Poster

Singin' in the Rain (1952) was named the top musical of all time by the American Film Institute (AFI) in 2006.

• Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds, Donald O'Connor, Cyd Charisse

Sophisticated Ladies, 1981 Broadway Masterprint

Sophisticated Ladies was a 1981 musical review based on Duke Ellington's work.

Dancer Judith Jamison appeared in the musical.

The Sound of Music, Poster

The Sound of Music, a musical based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, is set in Salzburg, Austria and the Alps.

South Pacific, Giclee Print

South Pacific, is a Rodgers and Hammerstein 1949 Broadway musical starring Mary Martin and opera singer Ezio Pinza.

The 1958 film version starred Mitzi Gaynor and Rossano Brazzi. The musical is based on James A. Michener's Tales of the South Pacific.