All drama synonyms

noun drama

• acting — Acting is the activity or profession of performing in plays or films.
• play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
• theater — a building, part of a building, or outdoor area for housing dramatic presentations, stage entertainments, or motion-picture shows.
• farce — a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
• show — to cause or allow to be seen; exhibit; display.
• scene — the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder.
• production — the act of producing; creation; manufacture.
• comedy — Comedy consists of types of entertainment, such as plays and films, or particular scenes in them, that are intended to make people laugh.
• tragedy — a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: stunned by the tragedy of so many deaths.
• melodrama — a dramatic form that does not observe the laws of cause and effect and that exaggerates emotion and emphasizes plot or action at the expense of characterization.
• tension — the act of stretching or straining.
• spectacle — anything presented to the sight or view, especially something of a striking or impressive kind: The stars make a fine spectacle tonight.
• climax — The climax of something is the most exciting or important moment in it, usually near the end.
• dramatization — the act of dramatizing.
• vehicle — any means in or by which someone travels or something is carried or conveyed; a means of conveyance or transport: a motor vehicle; space vehicles.
• showmanship — the skill or ability of a showman.
• broadway — a thoroughfare in New York City, famous for its theatres: the centre of the commercial theatre in the US
• footlights — Usually, footlights. Theater. the lights at the front of a stage that are nearly on a level with the feet of the performers.
• dramaturgy — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
• theatricals — of or relating to the theater or dramatic presentations: theatrical performances.
• stagecraft — skill in or the art of writing, adapting, or staging plays.
• dramatics — (used with a singular or plural verb) the art of producing or acting dramas.
• histrionics — an actor.
• crisis — A crisis is a situation in which something or someone is affected by one or more very serious problems.
• show business — the entertainment industry, as theater, motion pictures, television, radio, carnival, and circus.
• performance — a musical, dramatic, or other entertainment presented before an audience.
• commotion — A commotion is a lot of noise, confusion, and excitement.
• fuss — an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
• to-do — bustle; fuss: They made a great to-do over the dinner.
• song and dance — a story or statement, especially an untrue or misleading one designed to evade the matter at hand: Every time he's late, he gives me a song and dance about oversleeping.
• tear-jerker — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
• theatrics — (used with a singular verb) the art of staging plays and other stage performances.