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musical comedy

noun

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as in comedy drama

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Recent Examples of musical comedy New Zealand actor and comedian Jemaine Clement is having a moment thanks to recent reunion gigs for Flight of the Conchords, his musical comedy act with Bret McKenzie, and co-starring role in buzzy Disney+ relationship drama Alice & Steve. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 23 June 2026 The festival will feature Black comedians in Chicago, ranging from improv to musical comedy. — Felicity Abbott, CBS News, 16 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 See All Example Sentences for musical comedy

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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

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Following a $2 million renovation completed in 2015, the theater now hosts a diverse lineup of concerts, theatrical productions, comedy shows, and community events.

— Korrin Bishop, Southern Living, 18 July 2026
So far, the comedy series has been unafraid to take jabs at current-day political figures.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 18 July 2026

Definition of comedy

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This placed it more in the category of a new musical, which also meant needing to educate Broadway audiences about the subculture.

— Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
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

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The week of melodrama followed a familiar pattern for Zelensky – reminiscent of a crisis a year ago over the fate of Ukraine’s anti-corruption bureau.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 22 July 2026
But even within the movie’s powerful melodrama sits a secondary tale of fascistic process, one that speaks truth to power through implication and whisper.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 July 2026

Definition of melodrama

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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

The Pan American Health Organization has also warned of a prolonged health crisis following the tragedy related to mental health, infectious diseases and poor sanitation.

— Alfie Pannell, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Forged in the fire of tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human–the BATMAN.

— Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 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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