musical comedy

noun

|Updated on: 18 Jun 2018

Definition of musical comedy

: musical 2

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Recent Examples of musical comedy from the Web

With the film’s original cast returning and new additions including Lily James (Cinderella, Baby Driver), the musical comedy will open on July 20, 2018.

— azcentral, "Mamma Mia! Here we go again! Sweepstakes," 13 June 2018
That quest turns into a mission to help the people of New York City remember the magic of Christmas in this musical comedy based on the hit film.

— matthew j. palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, "The Beatles add music to Orlando Rep's 2018-19 season," 11 June 2018
Kellen Blair and Joe Kinosian’s musical comedy features two actors.

— kerry reid, chicagotribune.com, "Summer theater 2018: Our top 25 shows to see," 23 May 2018
The romantic musical comedy is set in Paris during the late '50s and told in flashback.

— steve rothaus, miamiherald, "Gene Kelly's widow recalls his final big MGM musical, 'Les Girls'," 31 May 2018
In this musical comedy based on the Hasbro board game, the audience gets to pick.

— bob dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "MAZE magic coming to Muskego High School for March 8 show," 5 Mar. 2018
There's never a dull moment onstage, though some of the musical comedy spoofing about guns, violence and our crazy voting system is overstretched.

— charles mcnulty, latimes.com, "'Soft Power' at the Ahmanson: Big, bold, overly complicated and spectacularly unique," 17 May 2018
On May 13, 1964, 20th Century Fox unveiled the Shirley MacLaine-starring musical comedy What a Way to Go! in New York.

— james powers, The Hollywood Reporter, "'What a Way to Go!': THR's 1964 Review," 13 May 2018
The musical comedy, by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman, satirizes financial corruption and philanthropy.

— domenica bongiovanni, Indianapolis Star, "You can now see what's inside the cool new building near the Downtown library," 9 May 2018

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