theatricalize
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Instead of trying to theatricalize its story through finding playable action, The Inheritance tries to solve the problem of adapting a literary work through emphasizing its literariness.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2019
Though all were powerful, they faced a common difficulty: How to theatricalize in one gesture both individual devastation and collective disaster.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2018
Preserving the integrity of the drama, the way it attempts to theatricalize the autistic way of processing the world, was the priority, and Elliott and her team were richly rewarded for not compromising their plan.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2015
And he was so funny that I did not have to theatricalize my laughter.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 1, 2015
“It presents itself as almost the impossible task: to theatricalize a sprawling and unruly wilderness,” said Joe Tantalo, who is directing.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2014
The psychology, however, needs to be more boldly theatricalized, and for Parks that inevitably means verbalized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2025
A similar professionalism marked “Eterna Iberia,” by Antonio Najarro, though here the style was 20th-century theatricalized flamenco.
From New York Times ● Mar. 18, 2024
Even though Gardiner has theatricalized the typically sparse musical with more ambitious design elements and stagecraft, Smith’s storytelling and vocals still carry the show.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022
At the California Science Center, the exhibition design for these gilded wood sculptures and assorted implements of daily life is overly theatricalized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2018
“Literature that is lifelike in essence, moral without being hypocritical, dramatic without being theatricalized, inspiring without being preachy.”
From In the Heart of a Fool by White, William Allen
That sentence was so clear and so moving, and I started thinking about theatricalizing the idea that one person can literally be your whole world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2025
