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• The most famous Broadway theatrical revues of all time were the Ziegfeld Follies.From the entry follies
• Some concepts found in literature are unrepresentable on the theatrical stage.From the entry unrepresentable
• The role in the soap opera was the kiss of death for Ann's career as a theatrical actress.From the entry kiss of death
• Three-camera sitcoms create a familiar, theatrical feel like classic shows such as Seinfeld, Friends, and The Big Bang Theory.From the entry three-camera sitcom
• It uses expectation to undermine expectation both of everyday 'reality' and of theatrical genre.2007, Ralph Yarrow, Franc Chamberlain, Sacred Theatre, page 114. From the entry unmean
• Almost all these magnificent buildings were used for ordinary theatrical performances during the 5th century.1995, Nikos Čausidis, Macedonia: Cultural Heritage, →ISBN, pages 63, 66. From the entry orchestrae
• She takes an extravagantly theatrical toke, before passing it onto the evil-looking gadge.1994 [1993], Irvine Welsh, Trainspotting, London: Minerva, →ISBN, page 19. From the entry gadge
• In the departure zone he rasped at Lufthansa officials in what seemed very theatrical German.1980, Anthony Burgess, chapter 53, in Earthly Powers, London: Hutchinson, →ISBN. From the entry jackbooted
• One explanation might be that some officials considered theatrical performances during religious celebrations irreverent.1972, Colin P. Mackerras, The Rise of the Peking Opera 1770–1870 (Correspondence Respecting the Disturbances in China), Oxford: Clarendon…. From the entry Ch'ing
• The decline of the Atlantic bloc has been less theatrical, although clearly visible.1970, David P. Calleo, The Atlantic fantasy: the U. S., NATO, and Europe, page 46. From the entry Atlantic bloc
• Their theatrical performances consisted of buxom chorines, weepy soubrettes, vaudeville acts, and a piano-pounding "professor".1964, John Hendrix, If I Can Do It Horseback: A Cow-Country Sketchbook, page 40. From the entry chorine
• They will dig into the words to find overheightened theatrical moments and effective camera shots.1955, Paddy Chayefsky, Television Plays, Simon and Schuster, page 361. From the entry overheightened
• It’s the sore throat overdramatised by a theatrical croak.2021 July 9, Hannah Jane Parkinson, “The sickie may be a guilty pleasure, but sometimes you just need a duvet day”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry sickie
• In live performance, the original line-up often drew controversy for their theatrical use of Black Panther-esque gear and terrorist-style masks.2013, Prasad Bidaye, “Outernational Transmission: The Politics of Activism in Electronic Dance Music”, in Kit Dobson, Áine McGlynn…. From the entry Black Panther-esque
• Band Of Misfits, the feature that returns Aardman to theatrical stop-motion after the CGI of Arthur Christmas and Flushed Away.2012 April 26, Tasha Robinson, “Film: Reviews: The Pirates! Band Of Misfits :”, in The Onion AV Club. From the entry front and center
• Through its disarming frankness, inherent drama, and theatricality, Spanish dance had definitely moved from folk art to theatrical experience.2012, Sharyn R. Udall, Dance and American Art: A Long Embrace, University of Wisconsin Press, →ISBN, page 108. From the entry folk art
• Tonight's show scales heights of theatrical aceness.NME magazine (quoted in 2012, Jenny Stanley-Clarke, Kylie - Naked: A Biography). From the entry aceness
• Brown’s work is an odd mixture of theatrical and untheatrical — even antitheatrical — elements in other aspects too.2009 February 12, Alastair Macaulay, “Out of West Africa (via Brooklyn), From the Ground Up”, in New York Times. From the entry untheatrical
• In Italy, as in Rabelaisian France, the carnival entered not only elite theatrical performance and engravings but also the printed word.2006, Todd P. Olson, “The Street Has Its Masters: Caravaggio and the Socially Maerginal”, in Genevieve Warwick, editor, Caravaggio…. From the entry Rabelaisian
• Early sets tended to be theatrical and flat, and, therefore, were limited in the dimensionality that would have allowed angle shooting.2006, Frank Eugene Beaver, Dictionary of Film Terms: The Aesthetic Companion to Film Art, →ISBN, page 11. From the entry angle shooting
• It follows from this that theatrical improvisation is open-ended.2004, Niels Lehmann, Janek Szatkowski, “Theatrical Virtuality – Virtual Theatricality”, in Peter Andersen, Lars Qvortrup, editors, Virtual…. From the entry rôle-play
• Despite growing Puritan disapproval of play-acting, vehemently expressed in sermons and pamphlets, Charles's court was famous for its amateur theatricals.2003, Rebecca Fraser, The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present: A Narrative History, New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company…. From the entry play-acting
• Among the most popular forms of theatrical entertainment in the nineteenth-century American theatre were the blackfaced minstrel troupes.1996, Barry Witham, Theatre in the United States - A Documentary History, page 160. From the entry blackfaced
• Vanessa Redgrave appears as their theatrical agent Margaret Ramsay.1987, The New Fillmore Corporation, The New Fillmore, page 110. From the entry downspin
• The material is powerful, though more theatrical than realistic.1976 December 4, Robert Chesley, “"Streamers" Deals with Gay Triangle”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 23, page 11. From the entry quarrel
• Derwent liked his actors to be theatrical (and they liked him because he would let them be theatrical) .1944, Theatre World. From the entry next week, East Lynne
• He was neither a wit nor a croquet champion, a hypnotic force nor a begetter of amateur theatricals.1911, Saki, “Tobermory”, in The Chronicles of Clovis, London: John Lane, published 1912, page 30. From the entry begetter
• A theatrical man or showman has to humbug people.1902, Charles Austin Bates, The Art and Literature of Business, New York, N.Y.: Bates Pub. Co., →OCLC, page 165. From the entry humbug
• Theatre historian Nic Leonhardt has argued that this period saw the emergence of a new 'theatrical geography' and a reconfiguration of the global theatrescape.2020, Christopher B. Balme, The Globalization of Theatre 1870-1930, page 16. From the entry theatrescape
• Whereas the Chinese spectacle implied a world of objects, a happy confusion of changing characters and masks, the Black spectacle implies a theatrical oralness.2013, Julio Ortega, Poetics of Change: The New Spanish-American Narrative. From the entry oralness
• To us, the final step of Richard's coup, the pseudopopular offer of the crown, looks like a grand display of theatrical fireworks.2004, Catherine M. S. Alexander, Shakespeare and Politics, page 133. From the entry pseudopopular
• They would call themselves Fusgeyers (foot-goers, pedestrians, or wayfarers), wear uniforms, carry lanterns and flags, and support themselves by giving theatrical performances in Yiddish.2003, Dorot: The Journal of the Jewish Genealogical Society. From the entry footgoer
• State ceremonies aimed to induce a sense of respectful awe and emotional surrender in participants by an increasingly orchestrated and theatrical ceremonialism.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 529. From the entry orchestrate
• The auctioneer, with his fruity, theatrical voice and his gavel, hits a block of wood in precisely the same spot, no matter the day.2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 102. From the entry auctioneer
• Sickly or not, they certainly combine with the extraordinarily steep lawns to contribute to the theatrical ‘other-worldliness’ of the park – nineteenth-century virtual reality.2001, Alan Tate, “Parc des Buttes-Chaumont, Paris”, in Great City Parks, London; New York, N.Y.: Spon Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page…. From the entry other-worldliness
• Her dress is too obviously "costume," and Ford-Smith mugs too broadly for us to forget, as we should, that Katie is a theatrical invention.1989 May 6, Mara Math, “Boston's Women in Theatre Extravaganza”, in Gay Community News, page 6. From the entry mug
• I find Judith plethorically romantic and just as plethorically "sophisticated," qualities that often go together in France's two leading theatrical petits maitres, Giraudoux and Anouilh.1968, John Gassner, edited by Glenn Loney, Dramatic Soundings: Evaluations and Retractions Culled from 30 Years of Dramatic Criticism, New…. From the entry plethorically

Meaning of theatrical

1. adjective Of or relating to the theatre.
2. adjective Fake and exaggerated.
3. noun A stage performance, especially one by amateurs.

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How do you use theatrical in a sentence?

Theatrical is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “The most famous Broadway theatrical revues of all time were the Ziegfeld Follies.”

What is a short sentence with theatrical?

“Tonight's show scales heights of theatrical aceness.”

What does theatrical mean?

Theatrical means of or relating to the theatre.