With the era of the Hollywood Musicals complete, the mid-1950s saw a shift in production. No longer were song and dance sequences stuck inside a studio; now musicals were shooting on location with bigger budgets, which allowed the genre to get bolder, more experimental, and in some cases, more satisfying. But like many good things, it didn’t last.

Clips and images from West Side Story, Grease, Chicago and more will be featured in this hour-long lecture that covers great changes both in the genre and the industry itself.