Noun: musical theatre
- A play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing
"The Broadway musical theatre 'Hamilton' became a cultural phenomenon";
- musical, musical comedy, musical theater [US]
Derived forms: musical theatres
Type of: film, flick [informal], motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic [informal], picture, picture show, play
Encyclopedia: Musical theatre