aisle
/ˈaɪəɫ/, /ˈaɪɫ/
noun
a narrow passage in a theater, train, aircraft, etc. that separates rows of seats
Click to see examples

Examples

1Meat aisles were empty across supermarkets around the country,.
2Anyway, aisle seat isn’t only about leg room.
3So skip that aisle altogether.
4So you crossed the aisles politically there.
5Many planes don't have aisle 13.
auditorium
/ˌɔdəˈtɔɹiəm/
noun
the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits
Click to see examples

Examples

1Ronald Reagan did the auditorium speech.
2And that auditorium at the other end is somebody else's.
3The auditorium was empty.
4At 2:15, this auditorium will reopen.
5And we filled the auditorium.
backcloth
/bˈækklɔθ/
noun
a piece of cloth that is painted, hung at the rear of a stage as part of the scenery

Examples

backdrop
/ˈbækˌdɹɑp/
noun
a piece of painted cloth that is hung at the back of a theater stage as part of the scenery
Click to see examples

Examples

1That backdrop is very important.
2The ruins on top of Weathertop create the backdrop for one of Frodo's most harrowing adventures.
3Love that backdrop.
4- I like the backdrop.
5We love our backdrop.
backstage
/ˈbækˈsteɪdʒ/
noun
the part of a theater that is out of the audience's sight where performers can change their clothes
Click to see examples

Examples

1Going backstage.
2-I scared Jimmy backstage.
3have 300 puppies backstage.
4-Okay, my backstage has many pictures of me.
5The three scenes will each take place backstage before a product launch.
balcony
/ˈbæɫkəni/
noun
an upper floor in a theater or cinema where there are seats for the audience
Click to see examples

Examples

1We built the balcony.
2My place has a balcony.
3Balcony with a TV watching area and a bar.
4It has balconies.
5It has four balconies.
bill
/ˈbɪɫ/
noun
the list of entertainment programs or performers at a concert, theater, etc.
Click to see examples

Examples

1Jackson thought that the Bank would use its money to oppose his reelection in 1836, so he vetoed that bill.
2Still payed bills.
3Sadly my side hustle is just billing more hours.
4Legislators are writing bills.
5They pay bills.
circle
/ˈsɝkəɫ/
noun
a curved upper floor in a theater or opera house where there are seats for the audience
Click to see examples

Examples

1There are long, white, empty beaches here and the 5,000-year-old stone circle at Callanish.
2Soldiers circle her eyes with a red pencil.
3The circle of life is circling our lives, right now.
4The plane circled the raft.
5Meanwhile, several players in the entertainment industry also circled the wagons around the president's daughter.
curtain
/ˈkɝtən/
noun
a thick heavy piece of cloth that is hung in front of a stage in a theater and is raised or pulled aside when a performance begins
Click to see examples

Examples

1She even bought curtains there.
2Bomb blast curtains covered my windows.
3Curtains accumulate a ton of germs.
4Now we have curtains.
5Curtains are up there.
downstage
/ˈdaʊnˌsteɪdʒ/
noun
the anterior part of a stage in theater that is in the audience's sight
Click to see examples

Examples

1[audience laughing] - So Catherine was downstage and at one point, I turned to her like this.
2Speaking about her new gig, which came with a start date of November 1, 2018, Preuss gushed, "I'm invigorated by Downstage's fresh approach in creating excellent theatre that engages Calgary's community in innovative ways, while addressing important social issues."
dressing room
/dɹˈɛsɪŋ ɹˈuːm/
noun
a room where actors can change costumes or prepare for their performance
Click to see examples

Examples

1Our dressing rooms are Ramin, me, Derek.
2Beyond that is a dressing room.
3This is the dressing room.
4Here's another dressing room.
5Their dressing room must have.
drop curtain
/dɹˈɑːp kˈɜːtən/
noun
a curtain or a painted piece of cloth that can be lowered and raised designed for the stage

Examples

entr'acte
/ɛntɹˈækti/
noun
the interval between two acts of a theatrical performance

Examples

fleapit
/flˈiːpɪt/
noun
a neglected and dirty cinema or theater

Examples

footlight
/ˈfʊtˌɫaɪts/
noun
a type of stage lighting placed at floor level to illuminate the performers from below, often used in dance performances
Click to see examples

Examples

1And Rouben Mamoulian, the director, and Agnes de Mille had the whole cast come down to the footlights in a kind of flying wedge.
2And then there's solar powered footlights that light up the steps all night long.
3Suddenly, what we're finding with these concerts, away from the stage, away from the footlights, out of the tuxedo tails, the musicians become the conduit for delivering the tremendous therapeutic benefits of music on the brain to an audience that would never have access to this room, would never have access to the kind of music that we make.
foyer
/ˈfɔɪɝ/
noun
a large space at the entrance of a hotel or theater where people can wait or meet
Click to see examples

Examples

1- Is this a foyer?
2The third courtyard is the roofed foyer, the entrance hall for visitors.
3A patient advocacy group did a foyer request for nursing home data.
4This is the foyer area.
5My foyer is about two feet by two feet.
gallery
/ˈɡæɫɝi/
noun
a narrow balcony at the highest part of a theater hall where people are accommodated, with cheap seats
Click to see examples

Examples

1Crowds filled galleries of the House long before the noon opening of the session.
2Spider-Man rogues gallery was so cool.
3Many galleries have unposted hours.
4- Clear the gallery.
5Gallery view gives you the files at the bottom.
gangway
/ɡˈæŋweɪ/
noun
a passage between rows of seats in an auditorium, aircraft, etc.
Click to see examples

Examples

1Bombed out bridges like this one in Germany needed a sturdier fix than a gangway.
2Now don't look closely because there's no metal on that gangway
3Anyone who is coughing or has a fever, they will have to wear a Surgical Mask and use a separate GANGWAY.
4In the rooms, if the Book was dropped, the floor raised it mechanically, but the gangway to the air-ship was not so prepared, and the sacred volume lay motionless.
green room
/ɡɹˈiːn ɹˈuːm/
noun
a room in a theater, a studio, etc. in which performers can relax while not performing
Click to see examples

Examples

1She's in the green room.
2We used our Google massage room as an impromptu green room.
3I was leaving the green room.
4Like this is your green room.
5This is a really nice green room.
house
/ˈhaʊs/
noun
the area in which the audience sits while a movie, concert or theater is performed
Click to see examples

Examples

1Their new house had a garden, but the garden was very small.
2'Why don't we go to a warm room in my house for a talk then?
3There's a party at my house tonight.
4If the President vetoes a law, Congress, with a two thirds vote in both houses, can override the veto.
5Its 18 levels could house 20,000 people!
mezzanine
/ˈmɛzəˌnin/
noun
the first floor above the ground floor in a theater where there are seats for the audience
Click to see examples

Examples

1And managers got private offices on a mezzanine.
2They added these very low mezzanines.
3So the mezzanine structure is a fairly straightforward concept.
4This is the mezzanine.
5This is the mezzanine?
orchestra
/ˈɔɹkəstɹə/
noun
the seats that are located near the stage in a theater
Click to see examples

Examples

1What's the orchestra doing?
2What's the orchestra doing?
3The orchestra is good news for the people of Iraq.
4Otherwise, you get all-male orchestras.
5The orchestra exists since 18 years now.
orchestra pit
/ˈɔːɹkɛstɹə pˈɪt/
noun
the place in front of the stage, which is slightly lower, where an orchestra sits and performs for an opera, ballet, etc.
Click to see examples

Examples

1no they kick them into the orchestra pit
2He wanted a little more bombast, so he increased the size of the orchestra pit so he could get more low-end instruments in there.
3Let me show you here, okay here's the before orchestra pit, and then you go into the orchestra pit and you're about here, and then you go up second row
4Let me show you here, okay here's the before orchestra pit, and then you go into the orchestra pit and you're about here, and then you go up second row
5When she was 15, she fell into the orchestra pit, while she was in a musical, and dislocated her arm.
ovation
/oʊˈveɪʃən/
noun
an enthusiastic expression of approval by the audience, typically through clapping
Click to see examples

Examples

1Standing ovation.
2Standing ovation!
3Standing ovation!
4Standing ovation.
5Standing ovation.
playbill
/plˈeɪbɪl/
noun
a list of plays that are performed in a theater
Click to see examples

Examples

1I never thought my credit in a playbill on Broadway would actually be Pie Consultant, but it has been and it is, and it's been life-changing.
2-But I noticed as I was holding up the playbill, you didn't have it here.
3In 2007, she took on the role of Celie in The Color Purple, making her the first Idol winner to star on Broadway, according to Playbill.
4Her credits include the musical Vanities in 2008, which was scheduled for a Broadway run the following year but, according to Playbill, was postponed due to financial difficulties.
5According to Playbill, she played Belle from the beginning of April to the end of July in 2007.
prop
/ˈpɹɑp/
noun
any object used by actors in the performance of a movie or play
Click to see examples

Examples

1The bag props the fan together with the Velcro.
2-Wow, you guys have props!
3Props work, too.
4- I love props.
5Steal props?
proscenium
/pɹəsˈiːniəm/
noun
the wall separating the audience and the stage in a theater hall, including the arch on its top
Click to see examples

Examples

1It has a proscenium arch and it has a vanishing point.
2The proscenium line can also disappear.
3Most halls come straight down into a proscenium.
4When you're on Broadway, you cannot tear the proscenium down.
5The proscenium can fly.
safety curtain
/sˈeɪfti kˈɜːtən/
noun
a thick heavy curtain in front of a stage in a theater that could be lowered as a precaution in case of fire
Click to see examples

Examples

1Though Temple frequently acted as characters far advanced beyond her age, there was no excuse for Greene's statement of "her admirers, middle-aged men and clergymen, respond to her dubious coquetry, to the sight of her well-shaped and desirable little body, packed with enormous vitality, only because the safety curtain of story and dialogue drops between their intelligence and their desire."
scenery
/ˈsinɝi/
noun
the painted hangings at the background and the accessories on a theater stage
Click to see examples

Examples

1I see different sceneries.
2With the establishment of the national parks, scenery became a new form of commercial value.
3Scenery change.
4- Enjoy the breathtaking scenery.
5Change the scenery.
set
/ˈsɛt/
noun
a stage where a play is performed or a location where a motion picture is recorded
Click to see examples

Examples

1Many years ago, people used the sun to set their clocks.
2You can do the workouts with any brand of equipment, and many of the workouts require just a set of dumbbells or no equipment at all.
3Set realistic goals.
4Set the mood.
5Some nice historical video footage sets the stage for each individual challenge.
stage
/ˈsteɪdʒ/
noun
an elevated area, especially in theaters, on which artists perform for the audience
Click to see examples

Examples

1The staff of the orphanage stages an impromptu entertainment for the nurses and doctors.
2Sanders staged a dramatic public negotiation with the Yankees.
3The name of the CD is "Stages."
4Levi-Strauss' famous book, The Raw and the Cooked, essentially stages this critique in and of itself.
5A yacht-inspired design concept stages high-quality materials.
stage door
/stˈeɪdʒ dˈoːɹ/
noun
an entrance to a theater that is designated for the use of the staff and actors
Click to see examples

Examples

1I talk to a lot of kids, obviously, in the stage door.
2Or stand outside the stage door.
3Or just stand outside the stage door.
4When I was in a Broadway musical early in my career, my dressing room was right next to the stage door.
5We got stage door.
stage left
/stˈeɪdʒ lˈɛft/
noun
the left side of the stage from the point of view of an actor who is facing the audience
Click to see examples

Examples

1But whenever you do that, it creates room for somebody else to enter stage left.
2Usually we're providing our commentary from a perch stage left in Tercentenary Theater with a view much like the one you see beside me or behind me now, but this is just as exciting today.
3So, I'm just gonna need this to exit stage left.
4Once again, entrepreneurial black market salesmen enter, stage left.
5He is exiting stage left in eight weeks.
stage right
/stˈeɪdʒ ɹˈaɪt/
noun
the right side of the stage from the point of view of an actor who is facing the audience
Click to see examples

Examples

1Two of the ideas in planning stages right now involve the space-age versions of those things.
2So it's like stage right?
3There are many people on this stage right now.
4- We're in pre-opening stages right now.
5And he's coming on stage right now
stall
/ˈstɔɫ/
noun
the seats that are located near the stage in a theater
Click to see examples

Examples

1Years of bureaucracy and tough immigration policies have stalled the process.
2Years of bureaucracy and tough immigration policies have stalled the process.
3Conor stalls!
4Now stalling a manual transmission vehicle.
5Stalled the vehicle again.
upper circle
/ˌʌpɚ sˈɜːkəl/
noun
the seats that are located on the second floor of a theater hall
Click to see examples

Examples

1The thing that strikes me is, you know, a lot of people in Washington, as they become successful, they shed their old friends and move into upper circles.
upstage
/əpˈsteɪdʒ/
noun
the back part of the stage that is the most distant from the audience
Click to see examples

Examples

1Upstage are a bunch of boxes containing objects neither of us have ever seen before.
2Upstage are a bunch of boxes containing objects neither of us have seen before.
3Upstage are nine mystery boxes containing objects no one has ever seen before.
4Upstage are nine mystery boxes containing objects no one has ever seen before.
5You're upstaging the real Statue of Liberty.
wardrobe
/ˈwɔɹˌdɹoʊb/
noun
the department in a theater or movie company that is in charge of the costumes of actors
Click to see examples

Examples

1The wardrobe is in the house.
2My wardrobe’s empty!
3I have a wardrobe.
4The wardrobe is almost complete.
5The wardrobe is modern stylish.
wind machine
/wˈɪnd məʃˈiːn/
noun
a machine that is used in a theater or movie to create artificial wind
Click to see examples

Examples

1They put hundreds of wind machines in windy places.
2A wind machine is a very tall pole.
3And he has a big wind machine.
4- We got a wind machine.
5- We got a wind machine.
thrust stage
/θɹˈʌst stˈeɪdʒ/
noun
a theater stage that extends out into the audience's part of a theater and has seats on three sides

Examples

box office
/bˈɑːks ˈɑːfɪs/
noun
a small place at a cinema, theater, etc. from which tickets are bought
Click to see examples

Examples

1The movie, however, was a box office disappointment.
2The film, however, failed at the box office.
3That is box office mojo.
4It broke all box office records.
5The wildly popular film made nearly $300 million at the box office, according to Box Office Mojo.
wing
/ˈwɪŋ/
noun
any of the sides of the stage in a theater that is not in the audience's sight
Click to see examples

Examples

1Raptors had wings.
2In truth, raptors, like birds today, had wings.
3But this bird has wings.
4-Fairies have wings.
5Get wings.
amphitheater
/ˈæmfəθiˈeɪtɝ/
noun
a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)
Click to see examples

Examples

1The amphitheater is over here.
2The amphitheater at Pompeii is earlier in date.
3Tumultuous yelling filled the amphitheater.
4It has a very well-preserved Roman amphitheater.
5So the kids found an amphitheater.
catwalk
/ˈkætˌwɑk/, /ˈkætˌwɔk/
noun
narrow pathway high in the air (as above a stage or between parts of a building or along a bridge)
Click to see examples

Examples

1From kindergarten to catwalks, here's the stunning transformation of Hailey Baldwin.
2They strut down catwalks in Paris, party on yachts, and grace glossy magazine covers.
3She even strutted down the catwalk for Kanye West’s fashion label, Yeezy.
4The diaper wearers have to line up over here by Jessica for their catwalk.
5Ooh, gorgeous-- do a catwalk.
gel
/ˈdʒɛɫ/
noun
a thin translucent membrane used over stage lights for color effects
Click to see examples

Examples

1They form this gel.
2So I got some lock and twist gel.
3The blue is a gel.
4Extract the gel from the plant.
5Keep gel liner away from the bottom.
houselights
/hˈaʊslaɪts/
noun
the lights that illuminate an audience area in a theater or performance space

Examples

marquee
/mɑɹˈki/
noun
permanent canopy over an entrance of a hotel etc.
Click to see examples

Examples

1Now the marquee above us was originally, of course, an analog marquee, and--
2When you look back at that marquee?
3It says color TV on the marquee outside.
4- This is a marquee spot for a home like this.
5Beyond the theater marquees, one of the biggest video game urban legends was brewing.
black box theater
/blˈæk bˈɑːks θˈiəɾɚ/
noun
a simple, versatile performance space with black walls that can be set up in different ways for various types of shows

Examples

surtitle
/sˈɜːɾaɪɾəl/
noun
translated words projected above or next to the stage on a screen in an opera or play

Examples

apron
/ˈeɪpɹən/
noun
the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
Click to see examples

Examples

1- I love your apron. -
2We have aprons?
3Check out my apron. -
4The apron will cover the nipples.
5Come on apron.
projection booth
/pɹədʒˈɛkʃən bˈuːθ/
noun
a room in a movie theater or other venue where the projector and other equipment for showing films or videos are located

Examples

concession stand
/kənsˈɛʃən stˈænd/
noun
a small retail outlet or booth typically found in movie theaters, sports arenas, or amusement parks, where food, drinks, and other items are sold to patrons

Examples

3D screen
/θɹˈiː dˈiː skɹˈiːn/
noun
a display technology that allows viewers to see images or videos in three dimensions, giving the illusion of depth and creating a more immersive visual experience

Examples

IMAX screen
/aɪ ˈɛm ɐ ˈɛks skɹˈiːn/
noun
a giant, high-quality projection screen with advanced sound technology for an immersive viewing experience

Examples

prompt corner
/pɹˈɑːmpt kˈɔːɹnɚ/
noun
a designated backstage location in a theater where crew members communicate with performers during a live performance

Examples

box set
/bˈɑːks sˈɛt/
noun
a set design that creates the illusion of a complete interior room on stage, usually by building three walls with the fourth wall left open for the audience's view

Examples

flat
/ˈfɫæt/
noun
scenery made of a wooden frame covered with painted canvas, used as part of a stage setting
Click to see examples

Examples

1-This bottle of champagne is flat!
2'This table is flat.'
3The bottom is flat.
4A flats or a wing? - Flats are, flats or, flats or a drum.
5Lay the console flat

Great!

You've reviewed all the words in this lesson!