How to Use musical comedy in a Sentence

musical comedy

noun
  • The musical comedy is adapted from the 1975 film Monty Python and the Holy Grail.
    Tommy McArdle, Peoplemag, 3 Jan. 2024
  • This feel-good musical comedy smash is based on the hit film.
    Cindy Kent, sun-sentinel.com, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Born in the Bronx in 1931, New York, Chianese got his start in musical comedy on stage.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Bobin made a name for himself as one of the creators of the musical comedy series Flight of the Conchords.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Feb. 2020
  • In this musical comedy based on the Hasbro board game, the audience gets to pick.
    Bob Dohr, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2018
  • And Christine is a musical comedy person, so there’s a lot of that.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2024
  • Set in Paris in the 1930s, the show is a gender-bending musical comedy with themes that resonate with today’s times.
    Pomerado News, 18 Sep. 2019
  • In this musical comedy, ladies of the evening hang out and tell jokes in a dive in postwar Amsterdam.
    John Timpane, https://www.inquirer.com, 5 June 2019
  • For background, Julianne starred in the 2012 musical comedy Rock of Ages based on the Broadway musical of the same name.
    Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Broadway in Portland is back with the first national tour of the record-breaking musical comedy based on the hit film.
    oregonlive, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Frankly, no zombie-Christmas-high school musical comedy has a right to be this good.
    Nathan Mattise, Ars Technica, 7 Oct. 2017
  • Gleeks will have a special place in their hearts for Guthrie, who played Roderick Meeks in the sixth and final season of the musical comedy show.
    Lars Brandle, Billboard, 12 June 2018
  • This is one of those rare times when a musical comedy actually lives up to the noun, not just the adjective.
    Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The romantic musical comedy is set in Paris during the late '50s and told in flashback.
    Steve Rothaus, miamiherald, 31 May 2018
  • Rivera’s disappearance is the third major tragedy to befall the cast of the cheery musical comedy.
    Washington Post, 10 July 2020
  • Season 3 of the musical comedy series is set to premiere on the streamer March 14, with all six episodes dropping that day.
    Ellise Shafer, Variety, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The King gave the watch to the actress as a token of affection after their work together on the 1967 musical comedy.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Mar. 2024
  • On July 31, just after the second round, the contest will host the musical comedy duo of Igudesman & Joo.
    Zachary Lewis, cleveland, 9 Feb. 2020
  • Lagooned! is a musical comedy about a group of castaways that are shipwrecked in the middle of the South Pacific.
    Independencelocalschools, cleveland.com, 23 Jan. 2018
  • When the success of the Fox musical comedy led to a concert tour in 2010, things escalated.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 1 Dec. 2022
  • This musical comedy-drama is an adaptation of the 1964 Broadway show by the same name.
    Alesandra Dubin, Good Housekeeping, 14 Oct. 2022
  • In 1980, Lawrence appeared in the smash musical comedy The Blues Brothers as the titular brothers’ agent.
    Victoria Edel, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
  • That quest turns into a mission to help the people of New York City remember the magic of Christmas in this musical comedy based on the hit film.
    Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 11 June 2018
  • With so many stuck at home doom-scrolling, there was unslakable need for his brand of musical comedy relief.
    Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2022
  • Her first major film was the 1962 musical comedy Girls!
    Shafiq Najib, PEOPLE.com, 7 Mar. 2022
  • When Kai was less than 3 months old, her mom began filming the hit musical comedy film Pitch Perfect.
    Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Adam Devine reprises his role from the musical comedy franchise in this new spinoff series.
    cleveland, 20 Nov. 2022
  • When Kai was less than 3 months old, Knapp began filming the hit musical comedy film Pitch Perfect.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2023
  • However these quibbles aside, this musical comedy is still a hoot and a half.
    Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 9 July 2024
  • The show is described as a one-woman musical comedy that is definitely NOT about the ever-present specter of death.
    Matt Grobar, Deadline, 10 July 2024

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