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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum; Grease; Into the Woods; You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown; Personal Appearance; London Calling; The Odd Couple; Spamalot; Many American stage musicals have a strong comedic element.
The awards replaced the now-retired category for Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program. In 2021, this award will be merged Short Form Variety Series to form the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series.
This is used to categorise short, one-act dramas. It should not be used for full-length plays that have no act divisions. Pages in category "One-act plays"
Comedy drama (also known by the portmanteau dramedy) [1] [2] is a hybrid genre of works that combine elements of comedy and drama. [3] In film, as well as scripted television series, serious dramatic subjects (such as death, illness, betrayal, grief, etc.) are handled with realism and subtlety, while preserving a humorous tenor.
The Greeks and Romans confined their use of the word "comedy" to descriptions of stage-plays with happy endings. Aristotle defined comedy as an imitation of men worse than the average (where tragedy was an imitation of men better than the average). However, the characters portrayed in comedies were not worse than average in every way, only ...
Pages in category "English-language comedy-drama short films" The following 90 pages are in this category, out of 90 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series is an annual award presented as part of the Primetime Emmy Awards. It recognizes writing excellence in regular comedic series, most of which can generally be described as situation comedies. [note 1] It was first presented in 1955 as Outstanding Written Comedy Material.
The Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Comedy, Drama or Variety Series was first awarded at the 63rd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2011 as Outstanding Short-Format Live-Action Entertainment Program. The award was divided in 2016 to recognize Outstanding Short Form Comedy or Drama Series and Outstanding Short Form Variety ...