musical saw
noun
: a handsaw made to produce melody by bending the blade while sounding it with a hammer or violin bow
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During Thanksgiving week, the most recent week of grosses which is typically lucrative for Broadway shows, the musical saw its capacity fall to 61 percent at the Longacre Theatre and brought in just above $412,000, which is below the running cost of a typical musical.
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Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The musical saw a bump of over $200,000 to reach $1.3 million.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2023
That fall, the musical saw a boost in grosses, alongside other returning classics, but saw its box office fall that winter as the Omicron variant surged.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2022
Randall Museum, 199 Museum Way, S.F. www.randallmuseum.org Breakfast with Enzo Drop in at anytime for two different sets of voice, accordion, guitar, banjo, jaw harp, ocarina, percussion and musical saw sing along fun for everyone.
—Chronicle Staff Report, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 May 2018
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Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
The musical saw a bump of over $200,000 to reach $1.3 million.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2023
That fall, the musical saw a boost in grosses, alongside other returning classics, but saw its box office fall that winter as the Omicron variant surged.
—Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2022
Randall Museum, 199 Museum Way, S.F. www.randallmuseum.org Breakfast with Enzo Drop in at anytime for two different sets of voice, accordion, guitar, banjo, jaw harp, ocarina, percussion and musical saw sing along fun for everyone.
—Chronicle Staff Report, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 May 2018
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“Musical saw.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/musical%20saw. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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