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Recent Examples of musical comedy
Delano's last role was in the bluegrass musical comedy Paradise: A Town of Sinners and Saints, which was released in May.
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Esther Kang, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
More recently, Delano appeared in two films this year - the adventure Road to Dreamland and the bluegrass musical comedy Paradise: A Town of Sinners and Saints.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
The musical comedy, based on the popular Apple TV+ series, will open in January at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2024
Two days before Hilty and Simard opened the best new musical comedies in ages, Vogue sat down with them at the cavernous Lunt-Fontanne Theatre to discuss camp, spookiness, and their paths to Death Becomes Her.
—Juan A. Ramírez, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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Esther Kang, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
More recently, Delano appeared in two films this year - the adventure Road to Dreamland and the bluegrass musical comedy Paradise: A Town of Sinners and Saints.
—Marc Berman, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
The musical comedy, based on the popular Apple TV+ series, will open in January at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.
—Sal Pizarro, The Mercury News, 30 Nov. 2024
Two days before Hilty and Simard opened the best new musical comedies in ages, Vogue sat down with them at the cavernous Lunt-Fontanne Theatre to discuss camp, spookiness, and their paths to Death Becomes Her.
—Juan A. Ramírez, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musical comedy
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Discovery global streaming chief JB Perrette, the third season of HBO's award-winning comedy drama will air on Max in February, 2026.—
Jason Fields,
Newsweek,
4 Dec. 2024
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Longoria played Gaby Solis on the comedy drama from 2004 to 2012.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
4 Dec. 2024
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Netflix has unveiled its 2025 Australian content lineup, featuring three new productions spanning mystery, comedy and social commentary.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
30 Jan. 2025
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Now, the proud mom-of-three — and grandmother of two — is making a splash in comedy.—
Katie Mannion,
People.com,
30 Jan. 2025
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The film adaptation of the iconic musical was released widely in the United States on Jan. 21, 2005 Comments It's been 20 years since Emmy Rossum and Gerard Butler stepped into the iconic mask and white dress to bring The Phantom of the Opera to the big screen.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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Taylor-Corbett choreographed and/or directed more than a dozen off-Broadway musicals since 1987, including 1992’s Eating Raoul, 2009’s My Vaudeville Man!—
Mike Barnes,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Jan. 2025
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Still, Dynevor and Ifans do their best to present these bursts of accidental melodrama in a straightforward manner.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2025
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During a run-through for one of the boat’s many melodramas, a Mississippi sheriff storms in, tipped off that Julie is secretly biracial.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2025
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Feldman’s specific style is hard to explain or neatly label though critics and viewers alike have tried to with terms like dramedy and tragicomedy.—
Dana Feldman,
Forbes,
13 Dec. 2024
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If that sounds less than promising, even for a deadpan Romanian slice-of-life tragicomedy, go ahead and make the mistake of skipping this one.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Dec. 2024
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The GoFundMe appeal continues to raise donations from well-wishers keen to help the family move on from the tragedy.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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All these years later, through prosperity and tragedy and a rebirth with the Chiefs, Reid has become what might be considered a coaching version of Picasso — one of the most influential and successful forces ever at their craft.—
Vahe Gregorian,
Kansas City Star,
19 Jan. 2025
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The results are equal parts marital crisis, sins-of-the-father psychodrama and visceral body horror.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
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Niemann himself sometimes seems like a method actor appearing in a psychodrama, whether by temperament or by a recognition that the mad villain is the only decent role available to him now.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2025
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“Musical comedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musical%20comedy. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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