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Theatre (Greek "theatron"), enjoys the distinction of two spellings: in British English, "theatre" and in American English, "theater". There is no technical distinction between the meanings of the two spellings, however most theatre artists prefer the European spelling because it creates a historical nod to the ancient Greek term theatron. Some also use the American spelling to designate a theatre building and the European term to reference the art itself, as in the "art of theatre."

Theatre is that branch of the performing arts concerned with the the creation of stories or narratives for (or with) an audience using combinations of acting, speech, gesture, music, dance, object manipulation, sound and spectacle — indeed, any one or more elements of the other performing arts. In addition to standard narrative dialogue style, theatre takes such forms as opera, musicals, ballet, mime, kabuki, classical Indian dance, Chinese opera, mummers' plays, and pantomime.

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Auditorium and stage of New York State Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
New York City has a strong entertainment and performing arts culture. The city is important in the American film industry. Manhatta (1920), an early avant-garde film, was filmed in the city. Today, New York City is the second largest center for the film industry in the United States. The city has more than 2,000 arts and cultural organizations and more than 500 art galleries of all sizes. The city government funds the arts with a larger annual budget than the National Endowment for the Arts. Wealthy industrialists in the 19th century built a network of major cultural institutions, such as the famed Carnegie Hall and Metropolitan Museum of Art, that would become internationally established. The advent of electric lighting led to elaborate theatre productions, and in the 1880s New York City theaters on Broadway and along 42nd Street began showcasing a new stage form that came to be known as the Broadway musical. Strongly influenced by the city's immigrants, productions such as those of Harrigan and Hart, George M. Cohan and others used song in narratives that often reflected themes of hope and ambition. The city's 39 largest theatres (with more than 500 seats) are collectively known as "Broadway," after the major thoroughfare that crosses the Times Square theatre district. This area is sometimes referred to as The Main Stem, The Great White Way or The Realto. The Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, which includes Jazz at Lincoln Center, the Metropolitan Opera, the New York City Opera, the New York Philharmonic, the New York City Ballet, the Vivian Beaumont Theatre, the Juilliard School and Alice Tully Hall, is the largest performing arts center in the United States.
  

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L'Hemisferic, an IMAX Cinema, planetarium and Laserium, on the grounds of the Ciutat de les Arts i les Ciències ("City of Arts and Sciences"), in Valencia, Spain.

  

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Dmitri Shostakovich was a Russian composer of the Soviet period. He is best known for his satirical opera The Nose, (based on the story by Gogol) and his cycles of symphonies and string quartets, 15 of each. Since his death in 1975, reports about his true personal opinions about life in the USSR have been controversial. While he outwardly conformed with the state and was a public face for state-crafted propaganda, it is now widely known that he deeply disliked the Soviet regime —a view confirmed by his family, by private letters to Isaak Glikman, and the satirical cantata "Anti-formalist Rayok", which ridiculed the "anti-formalism" campaign in Soviet arts and was known only to his closest friends until after his death.
  

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History: Sanskrit Plays • Natya Shastra • Natya Shastra of Bharata • Koodiyattam • Bhasa • Kālidāsa • Kathakali • Bhavabhuti • Harsha • Chinese theatre • Cantonese Opera • Beijing Opera • Ramakien • Noh • Bunraku • Kabuki • Butoh • Theatre of Ancient Greece • Theatre of ancient Rome • Medieval theatre • Commedia dell'Arte • English Renaissance theatre • Restoration comedy • Restoration spectacular • Neoclassicism • Twentieth century theatre

Types: Comedy • Drama • Musical theatre

Philosophy: Aristotle • Poetics • Konstantin Stanislavski • Antonin Artaud • Bertolt Brecht • Orson Welles • Peter Brook • Jerzy Grotowski • Meisner technique • Stanislavsky System • Method acting • Presentational acting

Organization: Community theatre • Dinner theatre • Fringe theatre • Summer stock theatre • Regional theatre • Off-Off-Broadway • Off-Broadway • Off West End • Broadway theatre • West End theatre

Unions: Actors Equity Association • Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers • International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees

Awards: Back Stage West Garland Awards • Drama Desk Award • Evening Standard Awards • Green Room Award • Hans-Reinhart-Ring • Helpmann Award • Joseph Jefferson Award • Laurence Olivier Awards • London Critics' Circle Theatre Awards • Lucille Lortel Award • Manchester Evening News • Matilda Award • New York Innovative Theatre Awards • Molière Award • Obie Award • Ovation Awards • Sangeet Natak Academy Award • Theatre Pasta Theatre Awards • Tony Award

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