musicalize
verb (used with object)
to write or produce a musical version of (a book, play, etc.).
musicalization
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a word derived from
musicalize.
Example Sentences
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Critical reception had been tepid — Clive Barnes in The Times praised the “brilliant” cast but said the musicalization drowned what had been a powerful play in a “frothy sea of well-meaning clichés.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2019
And Lincoln Center Theatre revived “My Fair Lady,” the 1956 musicalization of Shaw’s play, with an Eliza who walks out on her maker in the final scene.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 17, 2018
It’s easy to see why these films scream out for musicalization: they already have one foot planted in fantasy, with characters whose lovingly accentuated quirks render them slightly larger than life.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 6, 2017
They have done two readings together, of “’Night, Mother,” by Marsha Norman, who also wrote the book for the musicalization of “The Color Purple,” and of “The Blood Quilt,” by Katori Hall.
From New York Times ● May 11, 2016
The show was the Broadway musicalization of Truman Capote's Breakfast at Tiffany's.
From Time Magazine Archive
