美国音乐剧最初并不是一个能登“大雅之堂”的舞台剧形式，它的来源之一就是不算高雅的“脱衣舞秀”，不过提供“干净的娱乐”逐渐成为主流后，音乐剧的艺术品位也逐渐提高。4月初，89岁的“脱衣舞秀”音乐剧明星布里顿去世，让人不禁想起了那个“音乐剧美女时代”。

Sherry Britton, whose hour-glass figure, jet-black hair and rambunctious presence made her one of the queens of the burlesque stage in the 1930s and ’40s, died Tuesday in Manhattan. She was 89 and lived in Manhattan.