Theatre

Articles about stage performance, plays and the performing arts.

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

A Midsummer Night's Dream — Shakespeare's comic exploration of love and illusion

Abbey Theatre

Abbey Theatre (National Theatre of Ireland)

Act

Act (drama)

Actor

Actor: profession, skills, media, and history

Adam Darius

Adjudicator

Aeschylus

Aeschylus: Pioneer of Greek Tragedy and Author of the Oresteia

Aida (musical)

Alhamra Arts Council

Alhamra Arts Council (Alhamra Theatre Complex), Lahore

All's Well That Ends Well

Annie

Annie (musical)

Antony and Cleopatra

Apollo Theater

Apollo Theater

Apollo Theater (Harlem music hall)

Historic Harlem music hall in New York City known for Amateur Night, launching African-American performers and hosting Showtime at the Apollo; listed on the National Register of Hi

As You Like It

Atlantic Theater Company

Audition

Audition (performing arts selection)

Azerbaijan State Academic National Drama Theatre

Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre

Akhundov Azerbaijan State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (Baku)

Azerbaijan State Russian Drama Theatre

Azerbaijan State Russian Samed Vurgun Drama Theatre

Ballet Master

Banquo

Bavarian State Opera

Bavarian State Opera (Bayerische Staatsoper)

Bayreuth Festspielhaus

Bayreuth Festspielhaus: Wagner’s Theatre for the Music Drama

Beauty and the Beast (musical)

Berlin State Opera

Berlin State Opera (Staatsoper Unter den Linden)

Blackface

Blocking (stage)

Blocking (stage): actor positioning and movement in theatre

Blue Man Group

Bolshoi Ballet

Bolshoi Ballet: history, style, repertoire and global significance

Bolshoi Theatre

Breeches role

Breeches role: women performing male characters in opera (trouser/travesti role)

Burlesque

Burlesque: theatrical satire, variety entertainment, and modern revival

Cabaret

Cabaret: intimate stage entertainment of song, comedy, dance and theatre

Cabaret (musical)

Camelot (musical)

Can-can

Can-can: origins, style, music, and cultural impact

Carousel (musical)

Cast

Cats (musical)

Character actor

Character actor — the supporting specialist in stage and screen

Characters in Romeo and Juliet

Charades

Chicago (musical)

Chicago Theatre

Cinderella (musical)

Cinderella (Rodgers and Hammerstein musical)

Circus

Circus: History, Structure, Acts, and Modern Forms

Claque