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musical comedy

noun

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And in an era where musicals too often topple over into high seriousness, the return of musical comedy is lapped up by the audience, nowhere more so than in one of the show’s highpoints, the Act Two opener. David Benedict, Variety, 30 Nov. 2025 Christmas musical comedy Spirited, starring Will Ferrell and Ryan Reynolds. Natalie Oganesyan, Deadline, 29 Nov. 2025 After years doing a podcast of the same name, Reino and McKenna, who met and began collaborating at the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles, have taken Off Book — roughly 50 minutes of musical comedy improvised entirely from a single word suggested by their audience — on the road. Frank Digiacomo, Billboard, 17 Nov. 2025 The casting news a month after Deadline reported that Wilson, 45, would write, direct, produce and star in the new musical comedy. Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for musical comedy

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First Known Use

1765, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of musical comedy was in 1765

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“Musical comedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/musical%20comedy. Accessed 3 Dec. 2025.

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