All footlights synonyms

noun footlights

• acting — Acting is the activity or profession of performing in plays or films.
• stage — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
• theatre — a building, part of a building, or outdoor area for housing dramatic presentations, stage entertainments, or motion-picture shows.
• 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.
• show biz — show business.
• arena — An arena is a place where sports, entertainments, and other public events take place. It has seats around it where people sit and watch.
• set — to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table.
• spotlight — a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
• troupe — a company, band, or group of singers, actors, or other performers, especially one that travels about.
• dramatics — (used with a singular or plural verb) the art of producing or acting dramas.
• 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
• 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.
• scenery — the general appearance of a place; the aggregate of features that give character to a landscape.
• limelight — Theater. (formerly) a lighting unit for spotlighting the front of the stage, producing illumination by means of a flame of mixed gases directed at a cylinder of lime and having a special lens for concentrating the light in a strong beam. the light so produced. Chiefly British. a lighting unit, especially a spotlight.
• scaffold — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
• drama — a composition in prose or verse presenting in dialogue or pantomime a story involving conflict or contrast of character, especially one intended to be acted on the stage; a play.
• setting — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
• frame — a border or case for enclosing a picture, mirror, etc.
• dais — A dais is a raised platform in a hall.
• scaffolding — a temporary structure for holding workers and materials during the erection, repair, or decoration of a building.
• staging — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
• off-broadway — experimental or avant-garde drama produced in New York City, in small theaters, halls, churches, etc.
• histrionics — an actor.
• theatrics — (used with a singular verb) the art of staging plays and other stage performances.
• arc light — Arc lights are a type of very bright electric light.
• floodlight — an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.
• house lights — lights of a residential building
• dramatisation — Alternative spelling of dramatization.
• show business — the entertainment industry, as theater, motion pictures, television, radio, carnival, and circus.
• tear-jerker — a pathetic story, play, movie, or the like; an excessively sentimental tale.
• hollywood — the NW part of Los Angeles, Calif.: center of the American motion-picture industry.
• legit — legitimate.
• mise en scene — the process of setting a stage, with regard to placement of actors, scenery, properties, etc.
• amphitheater — An amphitheater is a large open area surrounded by rows of seats sloping upward. Amphitheaters were built mainly in Greek and Roman times for the performance of plays.
• auditorium — An auditorium is the part of a theatre or concert hall where the audience sits.
• barn — A barn is a building on a farm in which crops or animal food can be kept.