Musical
Plays
Musical and plays are semantically related in theater piece topic. Sometimes you can use "Musical" instead a noun "Plays".
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Zany Scheme: Sometimes there was one running through a whole show, usually about how Eric and Ernie would force a supposedly unwilling guest into a role in one of Ernie's plays or a musical number.
Source: Creator / Morecambe and Wise - The title song itself plays out as Alternate Universe, but since it actually originated from a movie musical called "The Hollywood Revue of 1929", it could be regarded as Diegetic if one presumes that said musical exists in-universe and had been seen by the characters.
Source: Musical World Hypotheses -
Then a musical sting plays, and the credits are interrupted as this character's scene plays out.
Source: Credits Gag
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