What's the theatrical equivalent of page turner, anyway?

"It's the theatrical equivalent of belting it out," he explained helpfully.

With the musical theater in stasis, it's easy to settle for the theatrical equivalent of a fax.

Directed by Molly Smith, the show is the theatrical equivalent of stuffing a 10-pound weight into a 5-pound bag.

At its best, a short play should be the theatrical equivalent of a short story.

One could regard the approach as manipulative, the theatrical equivalent of the opera claque.

Yet these elements have been combined, with alchemical magic, into the theatrical equivalent of comfort food.

Sometimes it picks up several stories simultaneously, using the theatrical equivalent of cross-cutting.

"Private Eyes" must be the theatrical equivalent of an endurance contest.

Audience members he accosts during a performance are commandeered in the theatrical equivalent of a rough-and-tumble silent film.