stage show

Live theatrical presentation

A stage show is a live performance presented before an audience in a theater or similar venue—plays, musicals, variety acts, and the like.

The term emphasizes the theatrical setting and live nature of the entertainment, distinguishing it from film, television, or recorded media: The magic act started as a stage show before becoming a TV special.

Related

actor · dress rehearsal · vaudeville · musical theater · song and dance · spectacle · revue · curtain · take a bow · encore · director · play · Broadway · burlesque · costume · theatrical makeup · theater · pantomime

Categories
Opposites
medium/format of performance

stage showfilm

Movie or coating

movie · television show · motion picture · TV program · cinema

production scale/formality

stage showstreet performance

Entertainment in public spaces

busking · open mic · jam session · amateur night · rehearsal

audience relationship

stage showprivate screening

Restricted-audience film presentation

reading · immersive theater · interactive experience · video game

Family

show, stage, staged, staging, stages, backstage, upstage, stagecraft, stagehand

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Top 100,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G