show business
The performance world
Show business is the entertainment industry—theater, film, television, music, and related performing arts considered as a commercial enterprise.
The term emphasizes the business side of entertainment: attracting audiences, making money, managing careers.
There's no business like show business.
Often shortened to showbiz.
Someone in show business is a performer, producer, or industry professional.
Enormously successful entertainment property
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- directorOne who leads
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
- filmographyListed screen credits
screening · trailer · documentary · biopic · sequel · prequel · franchise · genre
Ceremonial welcome flooring
- starletRising young actress
- paparazziAggressive celebrity photographers
- limelightCenter of public notice
- premiereFirst public performance
gala · celebrity · publicity · marquee · fame · stardom · entourage · tabloid
Gathered viewers collectively
- applauseCollective hand-clapping approval
- curtain callPost-show audience acknowledgment
- encoreAudience-demanded extra performance
- spotlightConcentrated illumination source
stand-up · troupe · vaudeville · cabaret · improv · revue · sketch comedy · nightclub act
Creative professional's workspace
- networkInterconnected system
- executiveSenior organizational leader
- agentOne who acts independently
- castingShaping through liquid form
audition · pilot · syndication · merchandising · royalties · greenlight · backlot · soundstage
Author of stage dramas
- stageRaised performance platform
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- tragedyDisastrous or sorrowful event
- comedyWork meant to amuse
rehearsal · monologue · dialogue · soliloquy · thespian · proscenium · backstage · costume
Lavish, elaborate entertainment
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
- fireworksExplosive light displays
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- carnivalTraveling amusement attraction
festival · display · ceremony · grandeur · spectacular · Vegas · production value · special effects
blockbuster
Enormously successful entertainment property
- screenplayFilm's written blueprint
- directorOne who leads
- cinematographyMotion picture visual craft
filmography · screening · trailer · documentary · biopic · sequel · prequel · franchise · genre · producer
red carpet
Ceremonial welcome flooring
- starletRising young actress
- paparazziAggressive celebrity photographers
- limelightCenter of public notice
premiere · gala · celebrity · publicity · marquee · fame · stardom · entourage · tabloid · gossip column
audience
Gathered viewers collectively
- applauseCollective hand-clapping approval
- curtain callPost-show audience acknowledgment
- encoreAudience-demanded extra performance
spotlight · stand-up · troupe · vaudeville · cabaret · improv · revue · sketch comedy · nightclub act · emcee
studio
Creative professional's workspace
casting · audition · pilot · syndication · merchandising · royalties · greenlight · backlot · soundstage · gaffer
playwright
Author of stage dramas
comedy · rehearsal · monologue · dialogue · soliloquy · thespian · proscenium · backstage · costume · prop
extravaganza
Lavish, elaborate entertainment
- pageantryElaborate ceremonial display
- fireworksExplosive light displays
- paradeCeremonial public procession
carnival · festival · display · ceremony · grandeur · spectacular · Vegas · production value · special effects · pyrotechnics
show businessbehind the scenes
Out of public view
support staff · offstage · stagecraft · back office · private sector
show businessmanufacturing
Industrial product creation
agriculture · manual labor · blue-collar work · mining · factory work
show businessprivate life
One's nonpublic existence
anonymity · obscurity · civilian life · ordinary life · quiet life
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