Sentence examples for musical role from inspiring English sources

His theatre career climaxed with his first musical role, as the shady but charming musical-instrument salesman of The Music Man, a virtuoso performance for which Preston won a Tony Award.

The metal hangings, sometimes including bells, on the shaman's costume also play a musical role.

His harmonies are richer, and his orchestra plays a more prominent musical role than had been common.

He does not have a musical role model or ideal: "I have catholic tastes and no preconceptions.

I think this stems partly from the choice of Mr. Broderick, in his first musical role on Broadway since "The Producers" (2000), as the show's leading man.

Taking Howlin' Wolf as an unlikely musical role model, the group pushed Wolf's repetition, pared-down harmony, and sometimes slow tempos to unbelievable extremes.

Native men and women have complementary musical roles and responsibilities.

Ms. Voigt said she began singing in musical roles in high school in Orange County, Calif.

Her mother, the actress Blythe Danner, has also starred in musical roles.

I did a handful of West End musicals including Pippin, directed by Bob Fosse, but the musical roles were mostly superficial.

Today, she still loves "Pal Joey" but said her own singing wasn't strong enough for musical roles.