playlet

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Recent Examples of playlet The playlets each have from one to three actors in them and are each inspired by, but not about, a different painting. Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 Feb. 2024 The novelty of a concrete pier was celebrated in a September 1909 gala opening, with a playlet starring Queen Santa Monica and Rex Neptune. Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 5 June 2024 Shaffer had seen in Pushkin’s playlet the rudiments of a grand spectacle, framed, like so many of his plays, as a duel between two men of different generations. Simon Callow, The New York Review of Books, 22 Dec. 2022 Its young playwrights, particularly Mr. Patrick, churned out plays, playlets and monologues akin to TikToks, as Don Shewey, the author and theater critic, said in a phone interview. Penelope Green, New York Times, 2 May 2023 Its young playwrights, particularly Mr. Patrick, churned out plays, playlets and monologues akin to TikToks, Don Shewey, an author and theater critic, said in a phone interview. Penelope Green, BostonGlobe.com, 3 May 2023 The video is a two-hander playlet. Steven Levy, WIRED, 24 Feb. 2023 The chance to do more of it presented itself during the pandemic, when Monahon worked on virtual playlets for the 24 Hour Plays. Rhoda Feng, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023 In the second playlet, Visitor from Hollywood, Broderick swaps the starchy gray business suit for mod plaid pants, a rust hipster jacket and turtleneck sweater, as well as mutton-chop sideburns, to play Jesse Kiplinger, the Midas Touch producer who has never made a movie that lost money. David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Mar. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for playlet
Noun
  • After the long Colby interlude, the episode returns to Kayce, who packs a bag for a night and sets out to confront Grant Horton.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 1 Dec. 2024
  • The movie pauses for too many talking-heads interludes with nostalgic celebrity fans, interrupting the fun of the Maysles footage.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 26 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • An obvious one that comes to mind is She Said, Maria Schrader’s conventional dramatization of New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor’s investigation of Harvey Weinstein.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Oct. 2024
  • But the big scene is, ultimately, just another dramatization of an interview that has been watched 4.4 million times on the BBC’s official YouTube channel and is still available to watch now.
    Jack King, Vulture, 19 Sep. 2024
Noun
  • But amidst all the drama, one thing was clear: the dynamics of these couples hit way too close to home.
    Jasmine Secrest, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Produced by Black Camel Pictures, The Island is the most expensive ever Gaelic drama and was initially commissioned for BBC Alba before being picked up by BBC Four.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 10 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The writers behind some of this year’s hottest comedy series took on Variety’s A Night in the Writers Room: Awards Season Edition to discuss the landscape of laughter on TV.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
  • The singer’s 50-minute segment, A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter, streaming as of the evening of Friday, Dec. 6 contained several familiar faces, both musically and in the comedy and acting worlds.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Simplistic binaries might make for powerful melodrama, where the world is divided into good and evil.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Like Water for Chocolate is a melodrama in the best possible sense of the word—a larger-than-life historical epic of love and lust, birth and death, duty and destiny.
    Judy Berman, TIME, 29 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • If that sounds less than promising, even for a deadpan Romanian slice-of-life tragicomedy, go ahead and make the mistake of skipping this one.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The jury cited his skill in crafting a tragicomedy against the backdrop of social upheaval.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Nov. 2024

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“Playlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playlet. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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