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Recent Examples of musicals
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.
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Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for musicals
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There are a lot more comedies and starry projects in the final Park City edition of the Sundance Film Festival, which provides optimism for sales agents.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2026
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The selection ranges from edgy documentaries and dark comedies to experimental animation.—
Noel Burgess,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Upon opening, the venue’s three performance spaces — including a 2,000-seat main auditorium — will offer opera in both Western and Chinese traditions.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
1 Jan. 2026
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San Diego Theatres will be presenting a bevy of exciting work in 2026, including new new musicals and plays and a touring opera production.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 Dec. 2025
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Given that these tragedies still happen all the time (there have been 400 school shootings in America over the last 10 years), the subject remains so loaded, and so wounding, that the handling of it requires extreme sensitivity and intelligence — qualities that Sundance stands for.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2026
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Minneapolis is far from alone in navigating high-profile events and bearing scars from multiple tragedies past.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Musicals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musicals. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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