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Recent Examples of musical comedy
Monteith, along with the rest of the cast, cultivated a loyal fanbase for the groundbreaking series and rose to fame through the now-classic musical comedy.
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Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
Coming up, Moore will star in Jesse Eisenberg’s untitled musical comedy for A24.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Fox's musical comedy series lives on thanks to the ubiquity of its talented performers, many of whom continue to headline Broadway musicals, TV shows, concert tours, podcasts, and much more.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026
After a difficult divorce, an unemployed actor goes to absurd lengths to create an alter ego in order to spend time with his kids in this musical comedy.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 25 Mar. 2026
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Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
Coming up, Moore will star in Jesse Eisenberg’s untitled musical comedy for A24.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 23 Apr. 2026
Fox's musical comedy series lives on thanks to the ubiquity of its talented performers, many of whom continue to headline Broadway musicals, TV shows, concert tours, podcasts, and much more.
—James Mercadante, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Apr. 2026
After a difficult divorce, an unemployed actor goes to absurd lengths to create an alter ego in order to spend time with his kids in this musical comedy.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, IndyStar, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musical comedy
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Blaustein also directed the 2005 comedy satire The Ringer, starring Johnny Knoxville, Katherine Heigl and Brian Cox, as well as the 2010 comedy drama Peep World, starring Michael C. Hall, Sarah Silverman, Judy Greer, Ron Rifkin, Rainn Wilson and Taraji P. Henson.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
13 May 2026
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Born in Austin, Texas, Farrell made her onscreen debut in the second episode of M*A*S*H in 1972, appearing on the CBS war comedy drama as various nurses throughout the show’s 11-season run that concluded in 1983.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
1 May 2026
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Colbert's comedy was political.—
Dana Taylor,
USA Today,
19 May 2026
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Part of the draw for local leaders and investors, per WSJ, is Bargatze’s family-friendly style of comedy and approachable outlook.—
Colson Thayer,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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After the Mean Girls musical's opening night in 2018, Alice stepped out to celebrate her parents' brainchild.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
18 May 2026
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Based on the Australian musical of the same name, The Deb premiered in Australia on April 9, and Sunrise Films will release it Stateside after the film relaunched its campaign in Cannes this year.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
12 May 2026
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This time, of course, Rodgers is the one responsible for the melodrama, albeit a far tamer manifestation of it than the madness Favre generated in his final days in Green Bay.—
Michael Silver,
New York Times,
12 May 2026
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In this new show, unlikely friends Marsha and Wendy wrestle with the mysteries of the teenage heart (and dragons), while jumping between alchemy class, dodgeball and theater club in a melodrama about the unusual humans and mutants that attend an ailing public boarding school.—
Kevin Giraud,
Variety,
11 May 2026
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Diego Luna got his feet wet as a director with the promising 2011 debut, Abel, a slight but disarming tragicomedy that took imaginative shots at Mexican patriarchy and manhood.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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Almodóvar’s latest is billed as a tragicomedy, starring Bárbara Lennie and Leonardo Sbaragli as writer-directors exploring autofiction.—
Rachel Handler,
Vulture,
12 May 2026
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The Paramount+ drama series follows a New York family that relocates to rural Montana after a family tragedy.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
21 May 2026
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That’s not to minimize the tragedies of the early 737 Max crashes, but to acknowledge that Boeing, airlines, and regulators took those events seriously and addressed the problems.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
20 May 2026
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And Malia is also achingly lonesome for her family life, with a sister about to get married and a doting father played, in this headache-inducingly twisty psychodrama’s most refreshing meta-twist, by Romanian director Radu Jude.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
18 May 2026
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Political 'psychodrama' Deutsche Bank analysts noted how Burnham partially rowed back some of last year's comments on the bond markets, highlighting his comment in February that they should not be ignored.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
15 May 2026
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“Musical comedy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musical%20comedy. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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