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Recent Examples of musicals
Founded in 2007 by Gary and Erin Lewis, the company produces stage musicals year-round, as well as musical readings and youth drama education programs.
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Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
The performers in the touring casts of Broadway musicals often follow strikingly similar paths from high school to hit show — hours spent practicing show tunes with vocal coaches, years of dance classes, roles in a dozen amateur musical theater productions.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
The performers in the touring casts of Broadway musicals often follow strikingly similar paths from high school to hit show — hours spent practicing show tunes with vocal coaches, years of dance classes, roles in a dozen amateur musical theater productions.
—Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 21 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for musicals
Noun
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In recent years, Hollywood decided adult comedies were not good bets in movie theaters, and instead focused heavily on superheroes and animated films.—
Rodney Ho,
AJC.com,
22 May 2026
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Successful network comedies are still rare, so stakes were high, and despite the veteran group, there was an element of novelty to the production.—
Seija Rankin,
HollywoodReporter,
22 May 2026
Noun
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Strauss’s 1909 opera is based on the ancient Greek tragedy by Sophocles.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
12 May 2026
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Also starring are Donnell Clayton (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F), Andrew Dawe-Collins (Pitchfork) and opera singer Sarah Catherine Moore in her film debut.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Firstly, the inciting tragedies are not fresh in terms of time, even if the pain is still all too raw nearly 20 years after the fact.—
Josh Slater-Williams,
IndieWire,
19 May 2026
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But autopsy reports — one record of how these babies died — painted the clearest picture of these tragedies.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
18 May 2026
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“Musicals.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musicals. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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