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
  • There was also an introductory interlude with a curly-haired vampire — those of you who watched season two of Interview With the Vampire may recognize Felix — who befriends Lasher on a park bench and urges him to drop his human impulse to empathy.
    Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2025
  • After an interlude, two juveniles came prancing down the vines, hopping along to alight on the parkia.
    Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Here’s everything to know about the real-life massacre that inspired the six-episode series — and how faithful the dramatization is to the historical event.
    Emily Blackwood, People.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • McKenna remembers holding the dying boy — although the boy did not die in his arms, as happened in the movie dramatization.
    Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The track is being featured as the theme song for the TBS drama series Mikami Sensei, which started airing on the same day, and was premiered at the end of the first episode ahead of its digital release.
    Billboard Japan, Billboard, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Amid the drama Hailey walks the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party red carpet solo, while Bieber, wearing a blanket, sneaked in the back.
    Stacey Leasca, Glamour, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The original did air on NBC, which could rebuild a comedy block to try to bring back Must-See TV.
    Emily Longeretta, Variety, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Tim Lammers For example, SPE’s summer action comedy smash Bad Boys: Ride or Die opened in theaters on June 7 PVOD and arrived on PVOD about six weeks later, on July 23.
    Tim Lammers, Forbes, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • His television series Twin Peaks (1990–91, 2017) further cemented his reputation, becoming a cultural phenomenon with its blend of soap opera melodrama, supernatural intrigue, and quirky humor.
    Darryn King, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
  • David Lynch, the acclaimed filmmaker who blended dreamlike surrealism with mystery and melodrama in films like Mulholland Drive and television projects like Twin Peaks, has died at 78.
    Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Feldman’s specific style is hard to explain or neatly label though critics and viewers alike have tried to with terms like dramedy and tragicomedy.
    Dana Feldman, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • 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

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“Playlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playlet. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.

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