musical comedy

noun

Definition of musical comedynext
as in comedy drama

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Recent Examples of musical comedy The director of Shaquille O’Neal’s 1996 musical comedy Kazaam is offering his thoughts on the new Scary Movie taking a swing at his film. — Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2026 At the height of Beatlemania, the Fab Four made this irreverent, cinéma vérité musical comedy depicting a few days in the lives of the biggest band in the world. — Lauren Huff, Entertainment Weekly, 3 June 2026 There’s a tension between the update’s good intentions and the tendency of musical comedy to traffic in amusing caricatures. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 First was the Pink Lady (gin, apple brandy, lemon, grenadine, egg white) printed in 1913 and named for a Broadway musical comedy of same name. — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 16 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for musical comedy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for musical comedy
  1. comedy drama
  2. comedy
  3. musical
  4. melodrama
  5. tragicomedy
  6. tragedy
  7. psychodrama
Noun
  • Edko Films’ comedy drama Night King topped the box office over the six month period with $15M (HK$118M) from its Lunar New Year release.
    — Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 2 July 2026
  • 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
Definition of comedy drama
Noun
  • The Breadwinner, a family comedy starring Nate Bargatze and Mandy Moore, is coming to digital streaming this week after the film failed to bring home the bread in theaters.
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • The delightful and deceptively deep family mystery comedy stars Hugh Jackman as an English shepherd who is found dead.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Definition of comedy
Noun
  • The beloved Disney musical follows mysterious nanny Mary Poppins (Julie Andrews), who arrives at the Banks family’s London home to care for siblings Jane (Karen Dotrice) and Michael (Matthew Garber).
    — Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 8 July 2026
  • An underrated musical based on a book-length poem about scandalous behavior in early Hollywood is enough of a reason to check out the season-ending show at Playhouse on Park.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026
Definition of musical
Noun
  • The final few episodes’ excessive melodrama is easily forgiven when what’s good here — above-average fights, solid jokes, and a game cast — isn’t so easy to forget.
    — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
  • Colleen Hoover is bringing more romantic melodrama to your streaming movie life.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Definition of melodrama
Noun
  • 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
  • As opposed to tragedy’s narrative arc of historical fate, tragicomedy unfolds in an infinite present.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 14 June 2026
Definition of tragicomedy
Noun
  • Delivery had been delayed as the city grappled with the tragedy, a small but unforgettable reminder that Atlanta’s celebration had changed overnight.
    — Andrea Clement, AJC.com, 17 July 2026
  • Yellowstone sees the most deaths during the tourist months running from May through October, with July featuring nearly 25 percent of all recorded tragedies.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 16 July 2026
Definition of tragedy
Noun
  • 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
  • Part adult-film fever dream, part technicolor psychodrama, these cult favorites have ‘wtf’ written all over them, in the best way possible.
    — Arushi Jacob, Variety, 24 June 2026
Definition of psychodrama

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