How to Use street theater in a Sentence

street theater

noun

• For 10 days in July, close to two million people turn up to enjoy a riot of free concerts and street theater known as the Gentse Feesten.
  — National Geographic, 14 Nov. 2019
• Pauline, now known as Pomme (Apple), has become a singer involved in feminist street theater.
  — New York Times, 30 May 2018
• For the next three or more months, the company criss-crossed the island, teaming up with community kitchens and other ad hoc groups to stage street theater, lead workshops, and develop new work.
  — Martha Bayne, Chicago Reader, 9 July 2018
• As in street theater, furniture pieces are few and props are often two-dimensional renderings.
  — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2019
• Another viral clip showed a dramatic piece of street theater: a young woman marching among pedestrians holding a sheet of paper, her mouth covered with black tape, her wrists bound with chains.
  — Jody Rosen, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2022
• This form, which came to be called immersive theater, has its origins in the Happenings of the ’60s art world (or even further back, in participatory rituals and street theater).
  — New York Times, 9 Feb. 2022
• McLaren might be less flamboyant than some of its rivals, but the LT’s dihedral doors and backlit engine bay, which glows red with mechanical malice, add some welcome street theater.
  — Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 26 Jan. 2022
• In a way, delivering street theater is what Lamborghini has always done.
  — New York Times, 2 Apr. 2020
• There are generally three styles of walks here: historic, street theater and storytelling — all with engaging tales of history, violence and mayhem.
  — Rick Steves' Europe, The Seattle Times, 14 Nov. 2018
• In a conservative village in the south of Egypt, dominated by patriarchy and full of despair, a lively group of Coptic girls refuse the traditional roles forced upon them by forming an all-female street theater troupe.
  — Marta Balaga, Variety, 1 Sep. 2022
• The groups walk a thin line between civil disobedience and political street theater in a way that has caused a split within the anti-lockdown movement, some of whose proponents oppose such brazen challenges to the authorities.
  — David Montgomery, New York Times, 13 May 2020
• The architecture firm Marvel has designed a quick-deployment street theater made of shipping containers that could be elevated to let traffic pass underneath.
  — Justin Davidson, Curbed, 26 Feb. 2021
• Ferruccio Lamborghini never believed that racing improved the breed, with the cars his eponymous company built under his leadership all being designed more for street theater than circuit thrills.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 6 Aug. 2021
• From dancers practicing in a park, to construction workers stretching before starting the day, to an all-women’s saxophone ensemble, Tokyo offers lively, synchronized, uniquely Japanese street theater.
  — National Geographic, 12 Jan. 2023
• Attendees can also enjoy live arts ranging from Baltimore Symphony Orchestra concerts to dance, opera, jazz, street theater performances, experimental music, and a comedy club.
  — Necee Regis, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2018
• Waters’s remark provided an intriguing moment of impromptu street theater, a mini-drama suffused with subtextual peril.
  — Peter Marks, Washington Post, 25 July 2019
• Symbolic action — protest marches, street theater, and similar efforts — reinvigorate activists themselves while targeting an injustice, with the aim of pressing public officials or other institutions to change policy.
  — Julia Shipley, Rolling Stone, 26 May 2021

Last Updated: 16 Aug 2024