Ubani umqambi womculo omkhulu kunabo bonke owake waba khona?
Nakuba ubuciko buqondwa umuntu ngamunye, kunabambalwa abaqambi abavelele abaye baba neqhaza elikhulu emidlalweni yaseshashalazini yomculo futhi umsebenzi wabo uye wahlala isikhathi eside. Umuntu angase asekele noma yikuphi kwalokhu okulandelayo. UJerome Kern wabhala izingoma ezingaphezu kuka-700 futhi wabhala umculo othi "Showboat", omunye wemidlalo yomculo yokuqala yaseBroadway enesakhiwo nezindikimba ezibucayi. Ithimba labalobi bezingoma likaRogers & Hammerstein laba ngabokuqala ukusebenzisa izingoma ukuqhubekisela phambili isakhiwo uma kuqhathaniswa nokuqeda isakhiwo sengoma nomdanso. Izingoma zabo zomculo zisaziwa kakhulu futhi ziqhutshwa njalo. Lezi zihlanganisa ethi "Oklahoma", ethi "The King & I", nethi "The Sound of Music". ULeonard Bernstein, nakuba aziwa kakhulu ngomculo we-classic, waba negalelo elikhulu emidlalweni yomculo nge-"West Side Story", indaba kaRomeo noJuliet ebuyekeziwe enomculo omangalisayo, ingoma ngayinye eyingqopha-mlando. UBernstein wabambisana noStephen Sondheim kulo mdlalo. USondheim wethula umculo wanamuhla lapho imibukiso ingase ihlolisise isihloko uma iqhathaniswa nesakhiwo esiqondile. Nakuba evame ukugxekwa ngokungabi nezingoma "ezihlabelelayo", ubuhlakani bakhe abunakuphikwa, futhi waba ne-hit eyodwa eyiqiniso ethi "Send in the Clowns". UJules Styne waqamba lokho ngokuvamile okubhekwa njengomculo omkhulu kunayo yonke eyake yaba khona, i-"Gypsy". Ithimba labalobi abaqhakazile bakaJohn Kander noFred Ebb baqamba umculo waseMelika owasebenza isikhathi eside kunayo yonke, i-"Chicago" kanye ne-"Cabaret" emnyama kodwa ejabulisayo. Okokugcina, nakuba ngokuvamile abagxeki bemidlalo yaseshashalazini yomculo beyigxeka ngokuthi iyibhizinisi elisobala, impumelelo ka-Andrew Lloyd Webber ayinakuphikwa. Wabhala i-"Cats" eyimpumelelo enkulu, i-"Phantom of the Opera" eyingoma yomculo yaseBroadway eyadlala isikhathi eside kunazo zonke futhi ngisho nalapho eseneminyaka engu-80 usayibhala, ne-"Bad Cinderella" esanda kuvulwa eBroadway.