comedy drama

noun

Definition of comedy dramanext
as in musical comedy

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Recent Examples of comedy drama The comedy drama, co-created by Danielle Sanchez Witzel and based on Buteau’s memoir of the same name, premiered its first season in 2023. — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026 The actor’s film credits include the 2012 Juliette Binoche comedy drama Another Woman’s Life, as well as the French TV movies Murder on Omaha Beach (2018) and Fatal Reunion (2022). — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026 The actor subsequently used the space to film parts of his 2011 comedy drama Newlyweds. — Emma Banks, InStyle, 5 Mar. 2026 Laurent Lafitte won best actor for his turn alongside Isabelle Huppert in Thierry Khifla’s comedy drama The Richest Woman In The World, loosely based on the 2010 Bettencourt Affair. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 26 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for comedy drama
Recent Examples of Synonyms for comedy drama
  1. musical comedy
  2. comedy
  3. musical
  4. melodrama
  5. tragicomedy
  6. tragedy
  7. psychodrama
Noun
  • 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
Definition of musical comedy
Noun
  • Former Saturday Night Live writer/performer John Higgins, member of the Please Don’t Destroy comedy group, has joined the cast of ABC’s Scrubs for a major recurring role in the upcoming second season of the revival, Deadline has learned.
    — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 15 Aug. 2026
  • That uncertainty extends to the film itself, which slips between psychological drama, comedy and magical realism without settling comfortably into any of them.
    — Callum McLennan, Variety, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of comedy
Noun
  • Platt is currently appearing in a new musical called Midnight at the Never Get at the Menier Chocolate Factory in London.
    — Janey Wetzel, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Oscar winner Moore plays a shy woman who is unexpectedly cast in a local production of an original musical.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of musical
Noun
  • The show is not yet as fine-tuned as its predecessor; some dialogue could use less theatrical melodrama and characterizations could be tightened, but staging is stellar.
    — Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Set in a Mediterranean villa, this female melodrama blends classical glamour with raw realism.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of melodrama
Noun
  • Carys made her professional stage debut in June, playing Nina in Anton Chekhov’s tragicomedy The Seagull in Brooklyn.
    — Adam England, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
  • That’s what appears to be the case with Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem, who first met in 1992 on the set of romantic tragicomedy Jamón Jamón.
    — Alessandra De Tommasi, Vanity Fair, 5 July 2026
Definition of tragicomedy
Noun
  • Officials say Monday's tragedy is far from an isolated incident and are urging the public to slow down and pay attention.
    — Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Through rapid-fire verbal repartee, constant close-ups, and frantic cuts, Deramas treads a careful line between tragedy and comedy, the latter a psychological weapon against the former.
    — Lé Baltar, IndieWire, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of tragedy
Noun
  • Netflix has announced several updates in their YA slate throughout the week, including casting information for the upcoming hockey drama The Sticks, the trailer for the rowing-centric Crew Girl, more details on the psychodrama The Body and more.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 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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