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show tune
noun
A popular song originally written as part of the score of a stage musical.
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A Disney show tune?
(Brantley) 'CURTAINS' Murder by show tune (2 30).
"An upbeat gotta-leave-this-town kinda show tune".
Alas, Bono's final message of the night was neither political nor a show tune.
Guess they'll have to rename the show: tune in next week for "The Porpoise-Driven Life".
Even a wistful show tune like Stephen Schwartz's "Meadowlark," is infused with a radiant confidence.
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Sissy Boyd's garbled Ramblin' Rita, Ian Rotundo's show tune-screeching Corky and Don Oscar Smith's canine fancier are among the standouts in a fantastic ensemble.
"If you scratch me I'm a bit of a show-tune queen," he said.
(Fear not, show-tune lovers, the coming season looks loaded with musical revivals).
"I wanted it to embed itself in the brain, almost like a commercial show-tune".
It's a show-tune-y number far removed from anything in the U2 catalog.
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