Drama Glossary
Farce Definition
A type of comedy that uses exaggeration, often with clowning and ridiculous behaviors, in order to entertain.
Musicals, plays and operas associated with the term "Farce"
Musical
The show takes place at the Colorado Inn, owned by Little Mary Sunshine , in the early 20th century....
Play
Chris and Ken Gorman arrive at a fancy dinner party for their friend, Charley Brock. They discover t...
Musical
Jimmy Reeve takes his role as guardian very seriously—perhaps too seriously—locking up his three daz...
Musical
When Liz Livingstone – a rich, widowed Philadelphia hostess, at odds with the Main Line crowd – perc...
Play
On a very important night for the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, Tito Mirelli, the world-famous Ital...
Play
Horace Vandergelder, a wealthy merchant in nineteenth-century Yonkers, NY, has a plan. He has been a...
Play
Stage Kiss is a tale of two lovers, two halves, and two plays After twenty years apart, two former l...
Play
What the Butler Saw, Joe Orton’s final play, is an intensely funny farce set in the sexually charged...
Play
The Chairs is absurdist, tragic farce at its finest. It depicts an Old Man and Old Woman who sit in...
Play
Head back to the swinging sixties with the latest stage incarnation of the beloved board game. Clued...
Musical
Song and dance, comedy and heartbreak, a little historical documentary thrown in for good measure… A...
Play
It’s the height of 2004 and eighth-grader Shelby Hinkley, president of the Tobey Maguire Fan Club, h...