How to Use musical comedy in a Sentence

musical comedy

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The Musical is a brand-new musical comedy featuring the beloved characters and hit songs from the films.
    — Amanda Kondolojy, Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2022
  • However these quibbles aside, this musical comedy is still a hoot and a half.
    — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 9 July 2024
  • In this musical comedy, two rebellious teens, Maria and Susana, spend their summer at a Catholic camp run by nuns.
    — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 22 July 2022
  • Rivera played Santana Lopez, a cheerleader and star glee club member, on the musical comedy Glee.
    — Gabrielle Chung, PEOPLE.com, 13 July 2020
  • According to Netflix, the musical comedy, which is released Tuesday, tells the story of the last year of elementary school through the eyes of the school’s class lizard called Leo.
    — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
  • The Bonitafest Melodrama is a musical comedy this year, based on the real-life events of the 1980s involving a local reporter and a meat scandal.
    — Laura Groch, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
  • In this musical comedy, a finance bro falls off the corporate ladder and picks up his high school guitar.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 12 July 2018
  • Criss has been working closely with his friends from Starkid Productions to bring the musical comedy series to life.
    — Tomás Mier, PEOPLE.com, 15 July 2019
  • The actors look for ways to communicate emotion in a musical comedy when smiles and frowns can’t be seen behind masks.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Aug. 2020

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