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as in melodic
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
the musical sounds of the babbling brook
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as in symphonic
having a pleasing mixture of notes
the song of the skylark has been celebrated for being especially musical
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as in comedy
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Recent Examples of musical
Danielle Jennings, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Applicants must also complete the application form on the musical's site.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
With nine shows a week, ranging from Broadway-style musicals to chamber music and even opera, there’s a show for every member of the family performed by talented staff, many of whom have gone on to perform on Broadway and in famed operas near and far.
—Esther Carlstone, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024
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The Australian breakdancer — real name Rachael Gunn — who became a global viral sensation due to her questionable dancing skills recently put a stop to a musical using her name and likeness mere hours before it was set to premiere, the Associated Press reported.
—Danielle Jennings, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
Applicants must also complete the application form on the musical's site.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
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On the songs front, the SCL divides things up between original compositions for dramatic films and for musicals or comedies.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
With nine shows a week, ranging from Broadway-style musicals to chamber music and even opera, there’s a show for every member of the family performed by talented staff, many of whom have gone on to perform on Broadway and in famed operas near and far.
—Esther Carlstone, Parents, 18 Dec. 2024
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Avery Mann, Greenbrier High: Avery is the Drum Major of Greenbrier's Marching Bobcats and a trombone player in the symphonic band.Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
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The Star Wars symphonic soundtrack featuring music by composer John Williams varied depending on which Disneyland fireworks show was playing on any particular night.Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 18 Dec. 2024
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Your grandparent's bookshelf is no more: Today's books fit into distinct genres like romance or comedy increasingly rarely.Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 19 Dec. 2024
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Sight gags baked into the production design (the books the Gromit reads or the signs that populate the sets) and gnome puns aplenty make for a ride in which every frame packs a dense layer of comedy, at times conspicuous, others not so much.Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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Marie-Reine, who had stayed at the Palmyra during the festival’s heyday, took my hand and walked me through the hotel of her memories, the dances in the cavernous dining hall, the all-night lyrical improvisations of the poet Talal Haidar in the courtyard.Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
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It’s been a year of lyrical combat, truth-telling, black media ascendancy, and celebrities getting their comeupance.Rob Marriott, VIBE.com, 30 Dec. 2024
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The cast is more than up to the task of making the melodrama relatable.Scott Phillips, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
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That trophy inflated expectations for The Room Next Door above what was reasonable, though as the euthanasia melodrama rolls into theaters this weekend, the hype has cooled.Nate Jones, Vulture, 21 Dec. 2024
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As early as 1992, MacColl was performing the song with the same lyric change.Pat Saperstein, Variety, 22 Dec. 2024
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The lyric reworks are basically telling people how to use the Cologuard test, then it gets screened.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
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Feldman’s specific style is hard to explain or neatly label though critics and viewers alike have tried to with terms like dramedy and tragicomedy.Dana Feldman, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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If that sounds less than promising, even for a deadpan Romanian slice-of-life tragicomedy, go ahead and make the mistake of skipping this one.Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 3 Dec. 2024
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More recently, Delano appeared in two films this year - the adventure Road to Dreamland and the bluegrass musical comedy Paradise: A Town of Sinners and Saints.Marc Berman, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Delano's last role was in the bluegrass musical comedy Paradise: A Town of Sinners and Saints, which was released in May.Esther Kang, People.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Barney, as is often the case, reveals unexpected refinement, directing a black-and-white psychodrama about his alcoholism, but Homer, who’s on the judging panel, prefers the one with the football in the groin.Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2024
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Performing an intense psychodrama about your wife’s family, night after night, must be gruelling.Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Musical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musical. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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