theatrical productions

Live performed dramas

Theatrical productions are live performances staged before an audience—plays, musicals, operas, and similar works presented in theaters.

The term encompasses everything involved in mounting such a show: the script, direction, acting, sets, costumes, and lighting.

A theatrical production may refer to a specific staging: the Broadway production of Hamilton, a high school production of Our Town.

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stage · actor · tragedy · understudy · choreographer · set designer · blocking · monologue · lighting design · sound design · proscenium · stage manager · behind the scenes · farce · catharsis · opera · props · footlights

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