music drama

noun

: an opera in which the action is not interrupted by formal song divisions (such as recitatives or arias) and the music is determined solely by dramatic appropriateness

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Tracee Ellis Ross After Black-ish, Tracee Ellis Ross continued her rise to stardom, earning critical acclaim for her role in the music drama The High Note. —

Okla Jones, Essence, 24 Sep. 2024 Amazon Prime Video has unveiled a host of new faces for its upcoming music drama The Runarounds. —

Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Aug. 2024 Black Bear fully financed and executive produced IFC Films opens SXSW-premiering indie music drama Dandelion, written-directed by Nicole Riegel and starring KiKi Layne as struggling Cincinnati singer-songwriter in a downward spiral. —

Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 12 July 2024 After Girl Meets World, Carpenter led the Mean Girls musical on Broadway in 2020, played the lead role in Netflix’s dance comedy Work It, and portrayed a key supporting character in the Disney+ music drama Clouds. —

Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 3 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for music drama