To truly understand an art form of any kind, you have to go back and look at its roots and see how it evolved to become the art form that we know today. Musical theatre is no exception, but it is one of the trickiest genres in which to pinpoint a genesis. Musical theatre pulls from so many different areas of music, theatre, and storytelling that it has been a work in progress almost since man first began using art as a means of communication. The first story put to music around a caveman’s campfire was musical theatre in a rudimentary sense. Musical theatre is about conveying the human experience, theatrically, through words and song. Humans have always been compelled by rhythm and melody as ways to pass our story along, so it is not much of a leap to suggest that musical theatre has always been a part of our heritage and was destined to become one of the preeminent devices of communicating the human experience.