street theater
Example Sentences
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There was one critic from the New York Times, Richard Eder, who said it was street theater on the wrong street.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2026
I don't want to denigrate street theater and symbolic politics, but it is not a substitute for a social movement.
From Salon • Aug. 1, 2022
At that point, he was 26 and had been trying to make substantive change for nearly a decade — letter-writing, leafleting, canvassing, tabling, teach-ins, lawsuits, blockades, boycotts, vigils, pickets, rallies, even guerrilla street theater.
From New York Times • May 26, 2022
He used to perform in street theater, flash mobs and what he calls “prankster art” in San Francisco, where he lived.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 7, 2022
A small crowd surrounded them, enjoying the morning's street theater.
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
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