English edit

Etymology edit

mini- +‎ musical

Noun edit

minimusical (plural minimusicals)

  1. (drama) A brief musical
    • 1968 April 12, “New Plays: The Education of Hyman Kaplan”, in Time[1], archived from the original on 29 October 2010:
      Both shows lean heavily on their Jewish orientation, but where Fiddler is a folk musical of size and substance, Kaplan is a minimusical of sweetness.
    • 2009 January 25, Randall Stross, “Microsoft Songsmith Is Easy (if Painful to Hear)”, in New York Times[2]:
      The video consists of a minimusical whose soundtrack sounds as if it were generated by an inexpensive electronic keyboard.

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