theatrical

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In a country accustomed to overheated rhetoric and theatrical pronouncements, Peruvians watch Velarde’s carefully-worded declarations, delivered in a calm baritone, most recently on the economic fallout from the Iran war.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

Melies, a theatrical showman and magician, attended that screening and was inspired to make films of his own.

From Barron's • Apr. 13, 2026

In a theatrical culture where queer-coded characters were frequently played for ridicule, Bhaduri's work carried a different weight.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

Our critic noted that “his expansive theatrical vision embraced the outstanding work of the top-flight cast headed by Michael Spyres and Lise Davidsen.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The overall effect, he wrote, “is thus to be in some degree of the character of a theatrical scene, to occupy the Exposition stage for a single summer.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson