theatrical production

Live dramatic performance

A theatrical production is a play, musical, or other dramatic work staged for an audience.

The term encompasses everything involved in bringing a performance to life—acting, directing, set design, costumes, lighting: The school's theatrical production of Oklahoma ran for three nights.

In broader use, any elaborate or dramatic display: His resignation was quite the theatrical production.

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rehearsal · dress rehearsal · curtain · playwright · dramaturgy · blocking · stage fright · performance · leading role · actor · understudy · chorus line · stage manager · avant-garde theater · Broadway · audience engagement · theatre · props

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Recorded visual narrative

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Spontaneous, unplanned creation

street performance · amateur dramatics · open mic · parlor game

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Factual film about reality

news broadcast · reality television · lecture · press conference · nonfiction

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