The theatrical genre of Melodrama utilizes theme-music to manipulate the spectator's emotional response and to denote character types. The term combines "melody" (from the Greek "melōidía", meaning "song") and "drama"(Classical Greek: ...

We at the Gaslight Melodrama do our best to bring the genre of traditional Melodrama into the 21st Century. While we still encourage you to boo the villain, cheer the hero ...

We are not directly affiliated with the old Oildale Melodrama or the Great American Melodrama in Oceano but the closing of the Vaudeville Express Melodrama in Oildale did encourage owners/producers Arnie ...