The phrase 'musical number' is a perfectly valid phrase to use in written English.
For example: "The show ended with an exhilarating musical number that the audience lapped up."
We had this big musical number.
I'm talking a musical number right out of "Les Miz".
MEMORABLE MUSICAL NUMBER 2007: "I guess you don't likelaughter".
Take this musical number by Maxie, a zaftig supporting character.
Stella stood more than she sat, giving every musical number a standing ovation.
Papers include libretto analysis, musical number analysis, dramaturgical research, critique of a scholarly reading.
Papers include script analysis, musical number analysis, and critique of a scholarly reading.
The musical number that works best is the very kind I had initially feared.
The book's other great set piece is its halftime musical number.
(The musical number "Think Pink," featuring Thompson, still jumps out of YouTube).
In our version, every musical number has some sort of incredibly ironic undertow.
