Meaning of "theater" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF THEATER

ˈθɪətə

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF THEATER

Theater is a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES THEATER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Theatre

Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of fine art that uses live performers to present the experience of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place. The performers may communicate this experience to the audience through combinations of gesture, speech, song, music, and dance. Elements of design and stagecraft are used to enhance the physicality, presence and immediacy of the experience. The specific place of the performance is also named by the word "theatre" as derived from the Ancient Greek θέατρον, itself from θεάομαι. Modern Western theatre derives in large measure from ancient Greek drama, from which it borrows technical terminology, classification into genres, and many of its themes, stock characters, and plot elements. Theatre scholar Patrice Pavis defines theatricality, theatrical language, stage writing, and the specificity of theatre as synonymous expressions that differentiate theatre from the other performing arts, literature, and the arts in general. Theatre today, broadly defined, includes performances of plays and musicals, ballets, operas and various other forms.

TRANSLATION OF THEATER

Find out the translation of theater to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of theater from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «theater» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 剧场
• Translator English - Spanish: teatro
• English: theater
• Translator English - Hindi: थिएटर
• Translator English - Arabic: المسرح
• Translator English - Russian: театр
• Translator English - Portuguese: teatro
• Translator English - Bengali: থিয়েটার
• Translator English - French: théâtre
• Translator English - Malay: Teater
• Translator English - German: Theater
• Translator English - Japanese: 劇場
• Translator English - Korean: 극장
• Translator English - Javanese: Teater
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nhà hát
• Translator English - Tamil: தியேட்டர்
• Translator English - Marathi: थिएटर
• Translator English - Turkish: tiyatro
• Translator English - Italian: teatro
• Translator English - Polish: teatr
• Translator English - Ukrainian: театр
• Translator English - Romanian: teatru
• Translator English - Greek: θέατρο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: teater
• Translator English - Swedish: teater
• Translator English - Norwegian: teater

10 QUOTES WITH «THEATER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word theater.

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Nina Arianda

Film is new for me so I'm so fascinated by it and love it, but I would pass out if I could never do theater again. I'd be physically ill!

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Skylar Astin

I have never read a review for anything I have ever done, be it for theater or movies, just because. I am really good about that. And YouTube comments. People will hide behind that.

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Hank Azaria

I did a lot of theater in college, and I knew that not many people make it, but I just figured, 'Well, I really want to try acting while I'm young, and I don't ever want to look back and say that I never gave it a try.' I fully figured I'd be back in grad school - probably for psychology.

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Brian Baumgartner

I come from straight theater.

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Robert Brustein

The primary function of a theater is not to please itself, or even to please its audience. It is to serve talent.

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Lee Byung-hun

Whenever I open a movie, I go secretly to the theater and stand in the back and enjoy the moment. I laugh when people laugh, and when people cry, I laugh.

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Dana Carvey

I tried to go out for theater or theater arts, but I was too scared or too intimidated. But I had a lot of friends on the cross country team that had great senses of humor.

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Emilia Clarke

When I'm on stage, I feel very much at home - within a theater, within an ensemble - so this entire process is something I feel very attuned with.

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Pauline Collins

Theater is an engagement between the actor and the audience. Film is a different sort of medium. It's not immediate, but in some ways it's more involving.

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Peter Maxwell Davies

I'm obviously very keen on the theater and I think it's inevitable that some of the orchestral and chamber pieces have got dramatic elements which might even suggest an unspecified dramatic plot of some kind or other, even though it's not in my mind at the time.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THEATER»

Discover the use of theater in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to theater and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Improvisation for the Theater: A Handbook of Teaching and ...

Collects exercises, games, and other techniques developed by Viola Spolin for stimulating creative expression.

Viola Spolin, 1999

Sabbath's Theater

He is exceedingly libidinous. His appetite for the outrageous is insatiable. He is Mickey Sabbath, the aging, raging powerhouse whose savage effrontery and mocking audacity are at the heart of Philip Roth’s astonishing new novel.

Philip Roth, 1995

Traditional Japanese Theater: An Anthology of Plays

Introduces the genres of noh, kyogen, kabuki, and bunraku puppet theater, and offers translations of thirty of the best-known plays, with background information on their history, characters, staging, and significance

Karen Brazell, James T. Araki, 1998

Life As Theater: A Dramaturgical Sourcebook

This book's sophistication will appeal to the scholar, and its clarity and conciseness to the student. Like its predecessor, it is designed to serve as a primary text or supplementary reader in classes.

Dennis Brissett, Charles Edgley, 2005

Theater Games for the Classroom: A Teacher's Handbook

A collection of games and music to aid the drama teacher and give ideas for varied classes.

Viola Spolin, 1986

Directing Postmodern Theater: Shaping Signification in ...

An introduction to theatrical directing using the concepts and terminology of semiotic theory

Jon Whitmore, 1994

Chinese Theater: From Its Origins to the Present Day

"An articulate, exceptionally researched study of Chinese theater." --Choice

Colin Mackerras, 1988

Music in German Immigrant Theater: New York City, 1840-1940

A history -- the first ever -- of the abundant traditions of German-American musical theater in New York, and a treasure trove of songs and information.

John Koegel, 2009

Homer's Trojan Theater: Space, Vision, and Memory in the IIiad

In addition, Professor Strauss Clay suggests new ways of approaching ancient narratives: not only with one's ear, but also with one's eyes.

Jenny Strauss Clay, 2011

The Origins of Theater in Ancient Greece and Beyond: From ...

The most thorough examination of the evidence for the pre-history and origin of drama to date.

Eric Csapo, Margaret C. Miller, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THEATER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term theater is used in the context of the following news items.

Jurors begin deliberating sentence in Aurora theater shooting trial

CENTENNIAL — In front of the parents of a mass killer and the parents of the people he killed, lawyers debated the weight of life in the Aurora movie theater trial ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»

Colorado Theater Shooter Went From Happy Boy to Mass Killer

A fuller portrait of the Colorado movie theater shooter has emerged during his death penalty trial. Yet more than 12 weeks of testimony — most recently about his ... «ABC News, Jul 15»

Father of Aurora theater shooting gunman recalls an "excellent kid"

The Aurora theater shooting gunman's father Robert Holmes testifies at the Arapahoe County Justice Center, July 28, 2015. (Photo via Arapahoe County). «The Denver Post, Jul 15»

New video shows La. theater shooter's last hour

Sixty minutes later, he opened fire inside The Grand Theater. Louisiana State Police Supt. Michael Edmonson says investigators are now retracing Houser's ... «CBS News, Jul 15»

Lafayette theater shooter bought gun legally, police say

(CNN) John Russell "Rusty" Houser methodically shot 11 people in a Lafayette, Louisiana, movie theater using a handgun he legally purchased from an ... «CNN, Jul 15»

Louisiana theater gunman identified

(AP/WTVA) — The latest on the shooting at a Lafayette movie theater (times are ... Police said Friday that Houser fired a handgun 13 times inside the theater, ... «WTVA, Jul 15»

Jurors take step closer to sentencing Aurora theater shooting gunman

CENTENNIAL — Jurors in the Aurora theater shooting trial Thursday took a second, and expected, step toward deciding on a possible death sentence in the ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»

James Holmes guilty of murder in Aurora theater shooting

CENTENNIAL, CO - JULY 16 : Aurora shooting victim Caleb Medley, in wheelchair, his father Otis, behind him and wife Katie, and their son Hugo leave the ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»

Defense rests in Colorado theater shooting trial

DENVER — The defense team for Aurora shooting defendant James Holmes rested its case Friday, hoping it has persuaded jurors that the former neuroscience ... «USA TODAY, Jul 15»

Theater trial blog: Day 37

Counsel is speaking about an upcoming forensic technology witness, Larry Daniel. Prosecutor says they've received no reports from Mr. Daniel. Mr. Daniel says ... «9NEWS.com, Jun 15»