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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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Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
More than 30 years after illustrating Norton Juster's cult kids' book, Feiffer returned to the genre as an author, with books like 1993's The Man in the Ceiling (eventually adapted into a musical with Tony Award-winning producer Jeffrey Seller) and his 2010 re-teaming with Juster, The Odious Ogre.
—Etelka Lehoczky, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025
Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
The blockbuster musical won best film, while Jon M. Chu was chosen for best director, and Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were recognized by a special award for their creative collaboration.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
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With a total of $73.2 million, the musical adaptation continues to dominate the long-term charts.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
More than 30 years after illustrating Norton Juster's cult kids' book, Feiffer returned to the genre as an author, with books like 1993's The Man in the Ceiling (eventually adapted into a musical with Tony Award-winning producer Jeffrey Seller) and his 2010 re-teaming with Juster, The Odious Ogre.
—Etelka Lehoczky, NPR, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
Shows include classic long-running Broadway musicals, revivals and new shows that have made their way across the pond from London’s West End.
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—Emma Kershaw, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
The blockbuster musical won best film, while Jon M. Chu was chosen for best director, and Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande were recognized by a special award for their creative collaboration.
—Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musical
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Upstairs, Elsesser’s serene, hotel-like sleeping quarters lead to the crown jewel: a bathroom to rival all bathrooms, where marble, mirror, and walnut paneling combine to symphonic effect.—
Hannah Martin,
Architectural Digest,
16 Jan. 2025
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Acoustician Yasuhisa Toyota explicitly designed the 1,600 capacity Helzberg Hall for symphonic music, the Kauffman Center website says.—
Joseph Hernandez,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2025
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The original did air on NBC, which could rebuild a comedy block to try to bring back Must-See TV.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
18 Jan. 2025
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Tim Lammers For example, SPE’s summer action comedy smash Bad Boys: Ride or Die opened in theaters on June 7 PVOD and arrived on PVOD about six weeks later, on July 23.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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The slow-rolling single with skittering drum machine beats mashed against both mens’ drawling vocals is of a piece with Jelly’s frequent lyrical focus on mental health and his battles with substance use.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
24 Jan. 2025
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Another music star who has been rumored to possibly appear during Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show is Lil Wayne, as the two lyrical titans recently cleared the air regarding the drama surrounding Kendrick being selected over Weezy.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Still, Dynevor and Ifans do their best to present these bursts of accidental melodrama in a straightforward manner.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2025
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During a run-through for one of the boat’s many melodramas, a Mississippi sheriff storms in, tipped off that Julie is secretly biracial.—
Helen Shaw,
The New Yorker,
21 Jan. 2025
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His son, Myles Aronowitz, who played a key role in finding the lyric pages, said the discovery came after years of searching through family archives.—
Ella Jeffries,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Jan. 2025
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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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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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So the musical comedy style helps carry that through musical drama, where singing and dancing do play a role.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
5 Jan. 2025
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Rarely have feet played such a prominent role in the history of musical comedy.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Dec. 2024
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The results are equal parts marital crisis, sins-of-the-father psychodrama and visceral body horror.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
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Niemann himself sometimes seems like a method actor appearing in a psychodrama, whether by temperament or by a recognition that the mad villain is the only decent role available to him now.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
5 Jan. 2025
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“Musical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musical. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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