| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program |
act
,
bit
,
number
,
routine
,
turn
|
| theatrical performer |
actor
,
histrion
,
player
,
role player
,
thespian
|
| invests in a theatrical production |
angel
,
backer
|
| director in charge of the artistic features of a theatrical production (costumes and scenery and lighting) |
art director
|
| theatrical pose created for effect |
attitude
|
| theatrical representation of a story that is performed to music by trained dancers |
ballet
,
concert dance
|
| theatrical entertainment of broad and earthy humor; consists of comic skits and short turns (and sometimes striptease) |
burlesque
|
| person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable |
censor
|
| deleting parts of publications or correspondence or theatrical performances |
censoring
,
censorship
|
| organization of performers and associated personnel (especially theatrical) |
company
,
troupe
|
| performance of music by players or singers not involving theatrical staging |
concert
|
| highly successful theatrical production |
coup de theatre
|
| first performance (as of a theatrical production) |
curtain raising
,
opening
,
opening night
|
| critic of theatrical performances |
drama critic
,
theater critic
|
| participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity |
dramatics
|
| someone habitually a spectator at the openings of theatrical productions |
first-nighter
|
| transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to a later event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story |
flash-forward
|
| transition (in literary or theatrical works or films) to an earlier event or scene that interrupts the normal chronological development of the story |
flashback
|
| United States theatrical producer noted for a series of extravagant revues known as the Ziegfeld Follies (1869-1932) |
Florenz Ziegfeld
,
Flo Ziegfeld
,
Ziegfeld
|
| English organist at Westminster Abbey and composer of many theatrical pieces (1659-1695) |
Henry Purcell
,
Purcell
|
