show tune

noun

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

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For the most part, show tunes on Broadway still sound more influenced by Andrew Lloyd Webber than by, say, Morgan Wallen. Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Nov. 2024 Disco show tunes with Gene Kelly and ELO in Xanadu. Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024 Felder said the concert will include show tunes from Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals and songs by Elvis Presley and Ella Fitzgerald. Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024 When will Mulaney and SNL run out of New York easter eggs to harvest or recognizable show tunes? Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2024 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 8 Dec. 2024.

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