reprise
Theme heard again
A reprise is a repetition—most often of a musical passage or song, especially one returning later in a performance: The show ended with a reprise of the opening number.
The word extends to any return or repetition of something done before: a reprise of last year's successful marketing campaign.
As a verb, to reprise is to repeat, especially a role: She reprised her award-winning performance.
Summarizing what came before
- codaClosing musical passage
- refrainAbstain from acting
- chorusSingers performing together
- restatementRewording of something said
motif · theme · melody · leitmotif · encore · da capo · recurrence · return
Act of redoing
- returnGo back again
- reiterationSaying something again
- reoccurrenceInstance of happening again
- reappearanceComing back into view
echo · renewal · resumption · continuation · replay · redux · recurrence · cycle
Audience-demanded extra performance
- curtain callPost-show audience acknowledgment
- returnGo back again
- revivalReturn after decline
- rerunRepeated broadcast
restaging · remounting · comeback · reappearance · repeat performance · re-enactment · revival tour · second act
Recovery after decline
- resurrectionRevival from death
- renewalMaking current again
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- renaissancePeriod of renewed vitality
resurgence · reemergence · reinvention · relaunch · restoration · return · reawakening · rejuvenation
recapitulation
Summarizing what came before
restatement · motif · theme · melody · leitmotif · encore · da capo · recurrence · return · bridge
repetition
Act of redoing
- returnGo back again
- reiterationSaying something again
- reoccurrenceInstance of happening again
reappearance · echo · renewal · resumption · continuation · replay · redux · recurrence · cycle · callback
encore
Audience-demanded extra performance
- curtain callPost-show audience acknowledgment
- returnGo back again
- revivalReturn after decline
rerun · restaging · remounting · comeback · reappearance · repeat performance · re-enactment · revival tour · second act · finale
comeback
Recovery after decline
- resurrectionRevival from death
- renewalMaking current again
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
renaissance · resurgence · reemergence · reinvention · relaunch · restoration · return · reawakening · rejuvenation · recovery
riposte
Swift clever reply
- parryDefensive blade deflection
- attackAggressive act against another
- counterattackOffensive response to aggression
thrust · lunge · touch · foil · épée · sabre · bout · blade · engagement · feint
- Broadwaymusicals, musical, Tony Award, musical theatre, theaters
- repetitionagain, repeat, repeated, recurring, recurrence
- soundtracksfilm score, theme music, original score, main theme, end credits
- re- wordsredo, repeat, replay, restart, retry
- fencingsabre, foil, epee, parry, riposte
- musical snippetsclip, excerpt, passage, phrase, segment
repriseintroduction
Preliminary section or presentation
debut · premiere · opening · exposition · overture
repriseoriginal
First or inventive
innovation · premiere · novelty · new creation · improvisation
- last minute reprieve
- daily reprieveRecurring brief exemption
reprieve, reprisal, reprisals, reprises, reprised, reprising