show tune

noun

: a song from a musical
The concert featured popular Broadway show tunes.

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The show tunes stayed in their corner, and the Pussycat Dolls oldies stayed in theirs. Chris Willman, Variety, 2 Nov. 2025 Events range from jazz and disco to Broadway show tunes and line dancing. Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Oct. 2025 My boyfriend sang show tunes at the top of his lungs. New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025 The performers in the touring casts of Broadway musicals often follow strikingly similar paths from high school to hit show — hours spent practicing show tunes with vocal coaches, years of dance classes, roles in a dozen amateur musical theater productions. Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for show tune

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“Show tune.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/show%20tune. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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