musical comedy

[myoo-zi-kuhl kom-i-dee] / ˈmyu zɪ kəl ˈkɒm ɪ di /

NOUN

humorous musical performance

Synonyms

WEAK

comic opera light opera musical

Example Sentences

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Marlow, 24, has a background in musical comedy and previously starred in Six The Musical.

From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026

The Singers, an 18-minute musical comedy, was announced first.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2026

The two met while making the 2012 musical comedy “Rock of Ages.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2025

“Regency Girls,” a new musical comedy set in the period of Jane Austen’s novels, begins on a note that fans of “Pride and Prejudice” will savor.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2025

In 1921, Eubie Blake’s Shuffle Along became the first musical comedy written by African-Americans and starring African- Americans to run successfully on Broadway.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall