two-act
Split by intermission
Two-act describes a dramatic work divided into two acts rather than the traditional three or more: a two-act play, a two-act musical.
The format typically features a single intermission and runs shorter than full-length productions, though it remains more substantial than a one-act.
Scheduled performance pause
- curtainFabric hung for privacy
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- playwritingAuthoring theatrical scripts
- dramaturgyArt of theatrical structure
climax · denouement · midpoint · break · interval · staging · theatrical · format
Recreation or staged drama
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- productionMaking or generating something
- performanceCarrying out a task
- stageRaised performance platform
Broadway · playwright · script · repertory · matinee · ensemble · director · rehearsal
intermission
Scheduled performance pause
- curtainFabric hung for privacy
- sceneDramatic unit or locale
- playwritingAuthoring theatrical scripts
dramaturgy · climax · denouement · midpoint · break · interval · staging · theatrical · format · framework
play
Recreation or staged drama
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- productionMaking or generating something
- performanceCarrying out a task
stage · Broadway · playwright · script · repertory · matinee · ensemble · director · rehearsal · revival
libretto
Opera's written words
- ariaOperatic solo piece
- overtureIntroductory orchestral piece
- intermezzoBrief linking musical passage
Handel · Purcell · baroque · recitative · soprano · baritone · score · conductor · operetta
- ACT typesscene, monologue, dialogue, soliloquy, curtain call
- theater typesmusical, comedy, tragedy, drama, farce
- theaterplays, stage, play, onstage, auditorium
- scriptsalphabet, Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet, Greek alphabet, Hebrew alphabet
- Show Lengthsfull-length, feature-length, short, brief, extended