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| kabuki |
a form of Japanese popular drama using male actors for both male and female roles, and with highly stylized acting, music, and dancing. |
| little theater |
a small theater, producing experimental and usu. amateur drama. [2 definitions] |
| melodrama |
a drama, or type of drama, characterized by exaggeration in the writing, production, and acting, and including much suspense and sentimentality. [1/2 definitions] |
| miracle play |
a type of medieval religious drama that depicted the lives of saints or Biblical stories. |
| mixed media |
the use of more than one medium, such as slides, music, dance, or drama, in presenting something for instruction, entertainment, or the like; multimedia. [1/2 definitions] |
| monologue |
in drama, a speech performed by an actor alone or as if alone on the stage; soliloquy. [1/2 definitions] |
| morality play |
an allegorical drama with characters that personify certain vices and virtues, intended for the moral and theological instruction of the audience. |
| Obie |
any of several drama awards given annually in the United States. |
| off Broadway |
professional drama produced in New York City in small theaters located outside the Broadway theater district and characterized by experimental productions. [1/2 definitions] |
| off-Broadway |
being or pertaining to professional drama produced in New York City in small theaters located outside the Broadway theater district and characterized by experimental productions. |
| performing arts |
arts such as drama, dance, and music that are performed before an audience. |
| play |
a composition written for the stage; drama. [2/22 definitions] |
| player |
an actor in a drama. [1/3 definitions] |
| playlet |
a short play or drama; skit. |
| reading |
an interpretation, through performance, of a piece of music or a character in a drama. [1/8 definitions] |
| schmaltz |
(informal) extremely sentimental music, drama, or writing. |
| show |
a movie, drama, or other public presentation of entertainment or art. [1/16 definitions] |
| soap opera |
a melodramatic serialized drama, usu. broadcast on daytime television or radio. |
| stichomythia |
in ancient Greek drama, a dialogue between two characters usu. speaking alternating lines of verse. |
| strophe |
the movement from right to left of the chorus in classical Greek drama, or the part of the choral ode sung during this movement. (Cf. antistrophe.) [1/2 definitions] |
| Thespian |
(often l.c.) of or pertaining to the drama or acting; dramatic. [1/2 definitions] |
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