theater.

a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full"[syn: theater ]

the art of writing and producing plays[syn: dramaturgy ]

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"[syn: field ]

adjective

artificial , dramatic , dramaturgic , histrionic , melodramatic , meretricious , operatic , pompous , showy , stagey , stagy , theatrical , thespian

noun

drama , dramatics , dramaturgy , footlights , histrionics , histrionism , theatrical , theatricality , theatrics , troupe