| Main Entry: | drama |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theatrical piece; acting |
Synonyms: |
Broadway, boards, climax, comedy, dramatic art, dramatization, dramaturgy, farce, footlights, histrionic art, melodrama, play, production, scene, show, show business, showmanship, stage show, stagecraft, tear-jerker, theater, theatricals, thespian art, tragedy, vehicle* |
Antonyms: |
comedy |
| Main Entry: | show business |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the entertainment industry |
Synonyms: |
Broadway, Hollywood, TV industry, entertainment industry, footlights, motion picture industry, movie industry, show biz, television industry, the boards, the bright lights, the footlights, the stage, the theater, theater, theater world |
| Main Entry: | stage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | theater platform; theater life |
Synonyms: |
Broadway, arena, boards, dais, drama, footlights, frame, legit, limelight, mise-en-scène, off-Broadway, play, scaffold, scaffolding, scene, scenery, set, setting, show biz, show business, spotlight, stage set, staging, theater |
| Main Entry: | theater/theatre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stage, building for performance |
Synonyms: |
amphitheater, arena, assembly hall, auditorium, barn, boards, cinema, coliseum, concert hall, deck, drama, drive-in, footlights, hall, hippodrome, house, locale, movie, movie house, oak, odeum, opera house, playhouse, room, scene, show hall, site |
| Main Entry: | klieg light |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stage lights |
Synonyms: |
arc light, carbon-arc lamp, floodlight, footlights, house lights |
| Main Entry: | theater |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stage |
Synonyms: |
amphitheater, arena, assembly hall, auditorium, barn, boards, cinema, coliseum, concert hall, deck, drama, drive-in, footlights, hall, hippodrome, house, locale, movie, movie house, oak, odeum, opera house, playhouse, room, scene, show hall, site, theatre |
| Main Entry: | theatre |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | business of plays |
Synonyms: |
drama, dramatics, dramaturgy, footlights, histrionics, histrionism, theater, theatrics, troupe |