dress rehearsal
noun
1
: a full rehearsal (as of a play) in costume and with stage properties shortly before the first performance
2
: a practice exercise for something to come : dry run
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The stadium, on the other hand, nailed its most important dress rehearsal, rolling out a hybrid grass carpet that weathered the strain of four games in as many days.
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Pre-show beauty may seem like a chore, between strict time frames, dress rehearsals, and finding the right look to set the mood.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 21 Mar. 2025
Framed through a week behind the scenes in Studio 8H, the book follows Michaels’s rise from a 12-year-old summer camp impresario to the ruthless editor who takes his seat in a booth under the SNL audience bleachers during dress rehearsals, critiquing and cutting.
—Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
Comedian Dave Chappelle allegedly mocked a nonbinary Saturday Night Live writer during a dress rehearsal for a 2022 episode of the long-running variety show, according to a new report from Vulture that was based on multiple, largely anonymous interviews with associates of creator Lorne Michaels.
—James Factora, Them, 12 Feb. 2025
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2025
Pre-show beauty may seem like a chore, between strict time frames, dress rehearsals, and finding the right look to set the mood.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 21 Mar. 2025
Framed through a week behind the scenes in Studio 8H, the book follows Michaels’s rise from a 12-year-old summer camp impresario to the ruthless editor who takes his seat in a booth under the SNL audience bleachers during dress rehearsals, critiquing and cutting.
—Robert Sullivan, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2025
Comedian Dave Chappelle allegedly mocked a nonbinary Saturday Night Live writer during a dress rehearsal for a 2022 episode of the long-running variety show, according to a new report from Vulture that was based on multiple, largely anonymous interviews with associates of creator Lorne Michaels.
—James Factora, Them, 12 Feb. 2025
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