a song or dance section of a play or film that features all or most of the members of the cast
production number in American English
noun
Theater
a specialty number or routine, usually performed by the entire cast consisting of musicians, singers, dancers, stars, etc., of a musical comedy, vaudeville show, or the like
Word origin
[1935–40]This word is first recorded in the period 1935–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Arts and Crafts Movement, Rhodesian ridgeback, bingo, hard core, walk-through
Examples of 'production number' in a sentence
production number
He becomes the lead figure in a big baseball production number.
Globe and Mail (2010)
Nothing less than a big production number will do.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
And his impassioned one-man masterclass sprouts into a full-on production number.
Times, Sunday Times (2018)
They don't cling on to that crowd, though, and it's not until the finale two hours later that we get an all-singing, all-dancing production number.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
One minute he's swearing at the stray sock he left out of the wash, the next his cursing turns into a musical production number.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
There's are some neat skating production numbers, some fine bits of aerialism.