musical comedy

noun

Definition of musical comedynext
as in comedy drama

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Recent Examples of musical comedy The song, featured in the 1934 musical comedy Bright Eyes, describes a journey to a fantasy land made of sweets. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 Sep. 2026 The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, meanwhile, is Parton’s 1982 musical comedy with Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026 Blackman first starred opposite Presley in the rock ‘n’ roll musical comedy Blue Hawaii in 1961. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Jesse Eisenberg’s musical comedy The Debut, starring Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti, has been announced as the closing film of the BFI London Film Festival in October. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for musical comedy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for musical comedy
  1. comedy drama
  2. comedy
  3. musical
  4. melodrama
  5. tragicomedy
  6. tragedy
  7. psychodrama
Noun
  • The all-singing, all-dancing comedy drama will also debut in China on Tencent Kids, Youku Kids and BesTV (dates still to be confirmed).
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Rockwell subsequently appeared in the director’s offbeat comedy drama Seven Psychopaths, and later won the supporting actor Oscar for his performance as a volatile cop in McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of comedy drama
Noun
  • There’s also the shifting relationship between tech and comedy.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2026
  • The film is a wild, frequently grotesque spectacle that careens between horror, action, slapstick, and black comedy.
    — Lisa Wong Macabasco, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of comedy
Noun
  • Wanted, the new musical from Angelica Chéri and Ross Baum starring Solea Pfeiffer and Liisi LaFontaine, was a virtual sell-out for five previews at the James Earl Jones, grossing $451,014.
    — Greg Evans, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Alejandro Sanz‘s songs form the foundation of El Alma al Aire, a new musical that builds an original story inspired by his repertoire.
    — Franchesca Guim, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of musical
Noun
  • That production is the wrinkle that elevates Seventhirty’s lyrics from modern dating podcast material to pure melodrama.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026
  • At times, the dynamic between father and son can feel drowned in melodrama, but Abrams and Brolin are able to reel in their gutsy performances to portray a troubled relationship that’s still grounded in love.
    — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of melodrama
Noun
  • In Samuel Beckett's tragicomedy, two men wait beside a barren tree for someone called Godot who never arrives.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Schweiger is a German actor and filmmaker who debuted in the tragicomedy Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (1997).
    — Danny Horn, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of tragicomedy
Noun
  • But there is an important distinction between reporting a tragedy and allowing that tragedy to define an entire industry.
    — Dennis Speigel, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The destruction of South Korea’s memory chip fabs would compound this tragedy and cripple the global economy.
    — Dan Blumenthal, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of tragedy
Noun
  • The streamer dropped the first trailer for the teen psychodrama Monday.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Early loves his creation, enough to spin an entire psychodrama around her, one that will bring her high and low.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
Definition of psychodrama

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