musical comedy
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- noun
- /ˈmjuːzɪkəl ˈkɒmədi/
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comedia musical
- Honk! is a "rollicking musical comedy" that retells the story "The Ugly Duckling" by Hans Christian Andersen.
- Broadway musical comedy
- musical comedy star
- musical comedy theater
So it should be really fun and your musical comedy is hilarious.
- So it should be really fun and your musical comedy is hilarious.
- I mean, the, the, the core of our comedy when we were coming up was musical comedy.
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It was kind of a musical comedy about the discovery and the development of American history, and it's hilarious.
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It's been advertised as a musical comedy with dancing!
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Later on, she hopes to get into musical comedy.
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A musical comedy based on John Waters' movie by the same name.
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So it should be really fun and your musical comedy is hilarious.
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Emma tells me that you want to go into musical comedy.
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How do you feel about great works of literature being transformed into musical comedy?
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I have a scenario for a musical comedy in mind that I think might please American audiences.
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The musical comedy is titled The Countess from Chicago.
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The Young Artists Theatre performs a one-hour musical comedy about law and order in the insect world.
Synonyms
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A play or film with singing and dancing
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A stage show that tells a story using songs, talking, acting, and dance
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Morphology
The meaning 'a comedic play or film with songs and dance' is directly derivable from combining 'musical' (a theatrical production emphasizing singing and dancing) with 'comedy' (a humorous play), so the sense is a comedy that includes musical numbers. This composition follows regular English noun-modifier patterns and is cross-linguistically common, making it immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Musical comedy comes from theatre shows where actors would stop the action to sing and dance inside a light, funny story. The phrase joins musical (song and dance) and comedy (a funny story), so it now means 'a play or film with songs, spoken lines, and a humorous plot'.