finale
close
closing curtain
finis | the concluding part of any performance |
| curtain raiser | any preliminary activity |
cinema
movie theater
movie theatre
movie house
picture palace | a theater where films are shown |
curtain
drape
drapery
mantle pall | hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window) |
| curtain ring | a circular ring for holding up a curtain |
dinner theater
dinner theatre | a theater at which dinner is included in the price of admission |
drop curtain
drop cloth
drop | a curtain that can be lowered and raised onto a stage from the flies, often used as background scenery |
home theater
home theatre | television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater |
little theater
little theatre | a small theater for experimental drama or collegiate or community groups |
music hall
vaudeville theater
vaudeville theatre | a theater in which vaudeville is staged |
operating room
OR
operating theater
operating theatre
surgery | a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations, great care is taken to keep the operating rooms aseptic |
| safety curtain | a fireproof theater curtain to be dropped in case of fire |
| shower curtain | a curtain that keeps water from splashing out of the shower area |
theater
theatre
house | a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented, the house was full |
theater curtain
theatre curtain | a hanging cloth that conceals the stage from the view of the audience, rises or parts at the beginning and descends or closes between acts and at the end of a performance |
theater stage
theatre stage | a stage in a theater on which actors can perform |
| iron curtain | an impenetrable barrier to communication or information especially as imposed by rigid censorship and secrecy, used by Winston Churchill in to describe the demarcation between democratic and communist countries |
| bamboo curtain | an ideological barrier around communist China especially in the s and s |
theater ticket
theatre ticket | a ticket good for admission to a theater |
| curtain lecture | a private lecture to a husband by his wife |
dramaturgy
dramatic art
dramatics
theater
theatre r | the art of writing and producing plays |
| coup de theatre | a highly successful theatrical production |
| coup de theatre | a sensational bit of stagecraft |
| curtain raiser | a short play presented before the main play |
bow
curtain call | an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience |
| coup de theatre | a dramatic surprise |
opening
opening night
curtain raising | the first performance (as of a theatrical production), the opening received good critical reviews |
theater of war
theatre of war | the entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations |
field field of operations
theater
theater of operations
theatre
theatre of operations | a region in which active military operations are in progress, the army was in the field awaiting action, he served in the Vietnam theater for three years |
| curtain | any barrier to communication or vision, a curtain of secrecy, a curtain of trees |
director theater director
theatre director | someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show |
| curtain off | separate by means of a curtain |
| curtain | provide with drapery, curtain the bedrooms |