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Recent Examples of musicals
Because San Diego is one of the biggest creators of new plays and musicals in the United States, the new musical and play categories were the highlights of the evening.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 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
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for musicals
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Now, viewers for dramas, comedies and reality shows are harder to come by, because people now have the leeway to watch their favorites at any moment of their own choosing.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
15 May 2026
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These self-aware comedies, each following women trying to leave their mark in Hollywood before their cachet expires, have satirized the business with cutting specificity.—
Caroline Framke,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Strauss’s 1909 opera is based on the ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
12 May 2026
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Also starring are Donnell Clayton (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F), Andrew Dawe-Collins (Pitchfork) and opera singer Sarah Catherine Moore in her film debut.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Early in his life, Short experienced multiple family tragedies in a short span of time, including the death of his older brother David in a car accident in 1962 when the actor was only 12-years-old.—
Ashley Hume,
FOXNews.com,
11 May 2026
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Everyone was in a hurry to move forward into a newly peaceful world, a world without the tragedies of war abroad and the curse of sickness at home.—
Fran Moreland Johns,
The Atlantic,
11 May 2026
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“Musicals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musicals. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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