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Recent Examples of musical comedy
In the musical comedy franchise about fictional Barden University’s all-female a cappella club, Kendrick played Beca, alongside Wilson's Fat Amy and Fit's character Flo.
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Jen Juneau, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
In addition to working on new music, Bailey is also starring in an A24 musical comedy with Julianne Moore and Jesse Eisenberg, and is set to film in Italy for a separate project (Bailey will star in Italianna with Regé-Jean Page, but details on the film have not been released).
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 10 May 2025
Joe, who becomes Josephine, is played on this tour by Matt Loehr with a confident old-school musical comedy bravado.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
Sergio Trujillo’s staging and choreography in these classic musical comedy numbers keep the show aloft, none so stunning as when the seamstresses, suffering from the stifling heat, decide to strip to their undergarments for their own comfort.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
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Jen Juneau, People.com, 16 Apr. 2025
In addition to working on new music, Bailey is also starring in an A24 musical comedy with Julianne Moore and Jesse Eisenberg, and is set to film in Italy for a separate project (Bailey will star in Italianna with Regé-Jean Page, but details on the film have not been released).
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 10 May 2025
Joe, who becomes Josephine, is played on this tour by Matt Loehr with a confident old-school musical comedy bravado.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2025
Sergio Trujillo’s staging and choreography in these classic musical comedy numbers keep the show aloft, none so stunning as when the seamstresses, suffering from the stifling heat, decide to strip to their undergarments for their own comfort.
—Frank Rizzo, Variety, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musical comedy
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Dhoni: The Untold Story, Netflix anthology Lust Stories as well as films like Kabir Singh and comedy drama Good Newwz.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
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The 30-year-old, born and raised in Nantes, has starred in the likes of comedy drama series Greek Salad and drama film The Passengers of the Night.—
Lily Ford,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2025
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The Shane Gillis comedy Tires is at #3 now, back for season 3.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Directed by Tina Romero, the delightful feature debut is a horror comedy chock-full of fun and meaningful ideas, most of which stop just short of fruition.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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The first couple have long planned on attending the opening night performance of Les Misérables, which is one of the president's favorite musicals.—
Meredith Kile,
People.com,
12 June 2025
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More than a century after Jack Norworth penned the lyrics, a nonprofit founded with the song’s royalties is celebrating 50 years of supporting young musicians — including the talent behind some of today’s most popular musicals.—
James Pollard,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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Is there a specific fragment of his soul where all that beautiful melodrama stems from?—
Ernesto Lechner,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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The film struggles to let scenes breathe, bludgeons us too frequently with music cues and skips out on crucial emotional beats to replace them with less effective melodrama.—
Brandon Yu,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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In Facility Theatre’s new revival of the Irish playwright’s absurdist tragicomedy, the blind and paralyzed character (played by artistic director Kirk Anderson) looks like a slightly steampunk Scrooge, writes Emily McClanathan.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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The man who shuffled offstage last year in the middle of the play — an absurdist tragicomedy plagued by poor reviews and weak attendance — has shuffled back onto it.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
9 May 2025
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Each of these tragedies reverberates through their departments and communities, amplifying the sense of vulnerability and loss.—
Jillian E. Snider,
Boston Herald,
13 June 2025
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Just hours before the accident, Kapur made a tribute to the Air India plane crash tragedy.—
StyleCaster Editors,
StyleCaster,
13 June 2025
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How that psychodrama played out in the UK could have lessons for the US — not least because Cummings eventually succeeded in undermining Johnson’s political career, ultimately defenestrating the prime minister through relentless briefings and leaks.—
Jim Waterson,
semafor.com,
6 June 2025
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And there are many things that people can actually do to get this transcendence, to get away from the tedium of the psychodrama of your own life.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
25 May 2025
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“Musical comedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musical%20comedy. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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