dramatic performance
Acted theatrical production
A dramatic performance is the staged presentation of a play, opera, or other theatrical work before an audience.
The term emphasizes the live, acted quality of theater as distinct from film or recorded media.
In legal and copyright contexts, dramatic performance specifically refers to the public presentation of a dramatic work: The license covers dramatic performances of the musical through December.
- actorOne who portrays characters
- applauseCollective hand-clapping approval
- Greek tragedyClassical dramatic form featuring downfall
- tragic heroCharacter whose flaw causes ruin
- melodramaSensational, emotionally overwrought drama
standing ovation · emotional catharsis · set design · director · soliloquy · playwright · dress rehearsal · opening night · break a leg · monologue · dramatic pause · costumes · lighting · Elizabethan theatre · mask · exit · stage · center stage
- actingacting, act, performing, playacting, actor
dramatic performancemovie
Recorded visual narrative
television broadcast · cinema · streaming content · radio play · podcast
dramatic performanceconcert
Live musical performance
dance performance · symphony · ballet · stand-up comedy · poetry reading
dramatic performancecomedic performance
Amusing theatrical presentation
comedy · farce · slapstick · comic relief · light entertainment