1. Theatrical performance combining singing and dancing
   "The Broadway musical featured elaborate song and dance numbers"
    
2. [US, informal] An interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse
   "He tried to explain his lateness with a song and dance about a unicorn blocking traffic";
   - fairytale, fairy tale, fairy story, cock-and-bull story [informal]
    
3. [Brit, informal] A disorderly outburst or tumult
   "they were amazed by the furious song and dance they had caused";
   - disturbance, disruption, commotion, flutter, hurly burly, to-do [informal], hoo-ha [informal], hoo-hah [informal], kerfuffle [Brit, informal], carry-on [Brit, informal]

See also: bother, fuss, hassle [informal], shindy [informal], stink [informal], trouble

Type of: disorder, fib [informal], performance, porky [Brit, informal], porky pie [Brit, informal], public presentation, story, tale, taradiddle [informal], tarradiddle [informal]

Encyclopedia: Song and dance