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musicals

noun

plural of musical

as in comedies

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Recent Examples of musicals The school commissions Broadway writers to pen musicals for students each year and recently has added in a new summer musical, where commercial producers can workshop and develop shows. — Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026 Founded in 2007 by Gary and Erin Lewis, the company produces stage musicals year-round, as well as musical readings and youth drama education programs. — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026 The performers in the touring casts of Broadway musicals often follow strikingly similar paths from high school to hit show — hours spent practicing show tunes with vocal coaches, years of dance classes, roles in a dozen amateur musical theater productions. — Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025

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The organization said this figure could be even higher, as many comedies shoot on soundstages, which are not included in this report.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Because, as the thinking went, comedies were supposed to be about unlikely heroes who overcome long odds and learn valuable life lessons along the way.

— Blake J. Harris, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026

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Music was how my mother—an opera singer, pianist, and educator—taught me to engage with the world.

— Hillary Richard, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2026
Seven female opera singers sustained long notes in succession, creating a collective mourning ritual for women lost to racialized and gendered violence.

— Thomas Rom, ARTnews.com, 8 June 2026

Definition of opera

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Prime Minister Mark Carney called the blaze one of the worst peacetime tragedies to strike Canada's armed forces on home soil, according to Reuters.

— Stephen Sorace , Sophia Compton, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
What happened to Gates is one of several tragedies involving postal workers in extreme Texas heat in recent years.

— Ginger Allen, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of tragedies

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