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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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Along with Law & Order, NBC has yet to decide the futures for dramas The Hunting Party and Brilliant Minds — though the latter was pulled from the schedule and will wrap up in the summer — and first-year comedies Stumble and The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
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Colin's starred in comedies like The House Bunny and Orange County with Jack Black.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Figaro Up, Figaro Down Director: Javid Soriano, Producers: Javid Soriano, Rob Richert (USA 2026, 75 min) Tim Blevins trained at Juilliard, enthralling opera fans with his baritone before losing it all to addiction and landing on the streets of San Francisco.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 Apr. 2026
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Returning from the dead, an aspiration devoutly to be wished by the living and the bereaved, permeates opera and theater.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The saddies of Enid’s notebook all a little uncanny, as in any good comic, yet terribly human in their tragedies.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
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As in all tragedies of chivalry, the alliance will split.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2026
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“Musicals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musicals. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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