Somehow, Hitler and the Third Reich don't seem like natural material for musical comedy.
"Along with jazz, musical comedy is perhaps the most original American contribution to the arts, " he says.
On Broadway, success came with the musical comedy, Promises, Promises, based on the Billy Wilder film, The Apartment.
Musical comedy Browsers stars Cheers and Frasier actress Bebe Neuwirth as the "terrifying" boss of a news website in Manhattan.
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" Of the silly "Honeymoon in Vegas, " he explains: "I wanted to write my version of an old-fashioned musical comedy.
One is Glee, the Fox musical comedy series I hope you've already seen, and added to your weekly viewing list.
Now, one might think that would be just about all there is when it comes to musical comedy evoking the Nazis.
Written and directed by James L. Brooks, this movie started life as a musical comedy and wound up as an extreme oddity.
Producers said Monday that Zachary Levi and Krysta Rodriguez will headline the new romantic musical comedy "First Date" by "Gossip Girl" writer Austin Winsberg.
Hamlisch was a musical director and arranger of Streisand's 1994 concert tour and television special, and had recently worked on a musical adaption of the production of "The Nutty Professor, " a musical comedy directed by Jerry Lewis.
In this 1933 musical comedy, the round-eyed, sweetly leering comedian Eddie Cantor stars as Eddie, a bookish drifter who is run out of the small town of West Rome for speaking truth to the petty martinet of a mayor.
The Broadcast Film Critics named in Best Ensemble and Best Comedy and Lawrence won for Best Actress Musical or Comedy at the Golden Globes.
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Reaction to the 90-minute presentation, which also included a performance by Australian musical-comedy trio Tripod, was mixed.
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It also has a Golden Globe nomination for best musical or comedy series.
Mr. Kazee, whom musical-comedy buffs will remember from "110 in the Shade, " is thoroughly agreeable (and an excellent guitarist to boot).
James Barbour, who was last seen on Broadway in 2008's "A Tale of Two Cities, " is a sterling-silver musical-comedy baritone, and "Donnybrook!"
Best performance by an actress in a musical or comedy motion picture: Kidman, Thora Birch ("Ghost World"), Cate Blanchett ("Bandits"), Reese Witherspoon ("Legally Blonde") and Renee Zellweger ("Bridget Jones's Diary").
Since I have no children and don't claim to know much about them, I took the precaution of bringing along my niece Brenna, a 12-year-old musical-comedy buff, who loved it.
Ms. Murphy plays the Witch with thrilling ferocity, while Ms. Mueller, the Cinderella of this revival, is the finest young musical-comedy singer to hit New York in the past decade.
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Based on the novel by Victor Hugo, Les Mis was named best musical or comedy at this weekend's Golden Globes, winning additional accolades for cast members Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway.
Unsurprisingly, it has earned him a nomination at the Golden Globes for best actor in a musical or comedy - Scarlett Johansson and Tom Cruise have also been nominated for best dramatic actress in a comedy and best dramatic actor.
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Whenever I see a musical-comedy audience consisting mainly of senior citizens and small chidren, as was the case in Philadelphia last Sunday, I can't help but remember the galvanizing originality of productions like the "Our Town"-flavored "Carousel" that Charles Newell staged at Chicago's Court Theatre in 2007, or Bill Rauch's high-concept "Music Man" at the 2009 Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Critics have been slow to warm up to the show, because the pilot isn't as funny as it should be, but by the second or third episode they've been won over by the dysfunctional family's antics, which benefit from Gad's sense of musical and physical comedy.
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That's right: A comedy-musical star is just as important to humanity as Christine Lagarde or Kim Jong Un.
"The Hangover, " a comedy about misadventures in Las Vegas, won the Golden Globe for best comedy or musical movie.
Alec Baldwin repeated his Emmy success at the Globes, winning the best actor in a TV comedy or musical series award.
The Kids are All Right won Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical.
But the studio also surprisingly earned three nominations for The Tourist: Best Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, Best Actor for Johnny Depp and Best Actress for Angelina Jolie.
As the duo behind the comedy and musical group Flight of the Conchords, you might be wondering what a folk band from New Zealand can offer by way of business advice.
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Just as an example, note musical sketch from 2009 where comedy group Axis of Awesome amaze their audience by playing 36 modern pop songs over the same four-chord structure, in one long sequence.
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