musical comedy

noun

Definition of musical comedynext
as in comedy drama

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Recent Examples of musical comedy He was also seen in the second season of Prime Video’s spy drama Citadel and reteamed with his Sing Street director John Carney for Power Ballad, the musical comedy that starred Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas and was released by Lionsgate in the spring. — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 18 Aug. 2026 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 Her breakout role came in the musical comedy The Girl Can’t Help It in 1956, which earned her her first Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer. — Giovana Gelhoren, InStyle, 3 Aug. 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
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  • The all-singing, all-dancing comedy drama will also debut in China on Tencent Kids, Youku Kids and BesTV (dates still to be confirmed).
    — K.J. Yossman, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Rockwell subsequently appeared in the director’s offbeat comedy drama Seven Psychopaths, and later won the supporting actor Oscar for his performance as a volatile cop in McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of comedy drama
Noun
  • Okay, so Holmes and Evans are definitively not classic-comedy fans.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Japanese creator Issei, whose dialogue-free comedy has drawn audiences worldwide, has upward of 75 million YouTube subscribers.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of comedy
Noun
  • Alejandro Sanz‘s songs form the foundation of El Alma al Aire, a new musical that builds an original story inspired by his repertoire.
    — Franchesca Guim, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The titular musical is a recounting of the 9/11 terror attacks, with original music and cardboard Twin Towers ablaze.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of musical
Noun
  • That familiarity has certainly worked in the movie’s favor among some viewers, particularly those invested in its maximalist approach to both familial melodrama and semi-surreal scares.
    — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The melodrama stars a roster of some of Brazil’s biggest screen stars, including Chay Suede, Letícia Colin, Tony Ramos and Antônio Fagundes.
    — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of melodrama
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  • In Samuel Beckett's tragicomedy, two men wait beside a barren tree for someone called Godot who never arrives.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Schweiger is a German actor and filmmaker who debuted in the tragicomedy Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door (1997).
    — Danny Horn, Entertainment Weekly, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of tragicomedy
Noun
  • There’s a slickness to the carnage that rubs uncomfortably against the film’s humanist ethos, rendering artificial (for all Shen Teng’s trembling and mouth-contorting labors) the horrific tragedies that befall its characters.
    — Beatrice Loayza, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
  • After Monday’s tragedy prompted Six Flags Over Georgia to evacuate guests, a spokesperson said the amusement park will reopen Friday.
    — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of tragedy
Noun
  • The streamer dropped the first trailer for the teen psychodrama Monday.
    — Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 12 Oct. 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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