operetta
noun
op·er·et·ta
ˌä-pə-ˈre-tə 
: a usually romantic comic opera that includes songs and dancing
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Arthur bankrolled the building with $3 million in profits from his wildly successful 1924 operetta Rose-Marie, whose book and lyrics were written by his son Oscar Hammerstein II and Otto Harbach, with music by Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart.
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Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
This version of the operetta exchanges the show’s English seaside setting for New Orleans, and the music gets a refresh along with the backdrops.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
Holmes and Ellis interpolate a few songs from other Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, but most are rendered into duds and Pierce’s moments again prove the exception.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Indeed, there is something essentially dry about the original operetta, whose tricky, twitty humor marks the beginning of a line that extends to Monty Python and beyond.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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Thomas Doherty, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
This version of the operetta exchanges the show’s English seaside setting for New Orleans, and the music gets a refresh along with the backdrops.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 30 Apr. 2025
Holmes and Ellis interpolate a few songs from other Gilbert and Sullivan operettas, but most are rendered into duds and Pierce’s moments again prove the exception.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2025
Indeed, there is something essentially dry about the original operetta, whose tricky, twitty humor marks the beginning of a line that extends to Monty Python and beyond.
—Jesse Green, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
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operetta
noun
op·er·et·ta
ˌäp-ə-ˈret-ə
: a light play set to music with speaking, singing, and dancing scenes
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