as in plays
a written work in which the story is told through speech and action that is intended to be acted out on stage
wrote a police drama that really captured the speech of cops and criminals
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Recent Examples of dramas
Several companies have begun to supply bite-sized dramas and serials for venues like TikTok or Meta’s Reels.
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Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 June 2026
Lyonne’s Animal Pictures develops and produces films and series and is a producer on the actress’s hit dramas Russian Doll and Poker Face.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2 June 2026
Every day brought a thousand little dramas, dropped lines and brilliant recoveries, missing props and onstage farts, the extramarital affair that Proteus and Julia had commenced, the gay actor’s wicked commentary on it, followed by bad behavior in bars.
—Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
The Legend of Kitchen Soldier achieved the highest first-week digital viewership record among K-dramas over the past three years.
—Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
The 89-year-old Oscar winner, known for intense dramas like Chinatown and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, has largely disappeared from the public eye.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 30 May 2026
From Hometown Cha Cha Cha to My Liberation Notes to My Mister, the stories in healing K-dramas focus on emotional recovery and resilience.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 29 May 2026
Yale Rep had a long history with August Wilson, giving world premieres to the majority of the plays in his Century Cycle of dramas about the Black experience in 20th century America.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
But local screenwriters took issue with the TV regulator ending a policy of putting a priority on Programs of National Interest (PNI), or homegrown dramas and documentaries, including kids and youth programming and animation, to receive subsidies from foreign streamers.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026
Brian Steinberg, Variety, 2 June 2026
Lyonne’s Animal Pictures develops and produces films and series and is a producer on the actress’s hit dramas Russian Doll and Poker Face.
—Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 2 June 2026
Every day brought a thousand little dramas, dropped lines and brilliant recoveries, missing props and onstage farts, the extramarital affair that Proteus and Julia had commenced, the gay actor’s wicked commentary on it, followed by bad behavior in bars.
—Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
The Legend of Kitchen Soldier achieved the highest first-week digital viewership record among K-dramas over the past three years.
—Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
The 89-year-old Oscar winner, known for intense dramas like Chinatown and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, has largely disappeared from the public eye.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 30 May 2026
From Hometown Cha Cha Cha to My Liberation Notes to My Mister, the stories in healing K-dramas focus on emotional recovery and resilience.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 29 May 2026
Yale Rep had a long history with August Wilson, giving world premieres to the majority of the plays in his Century Cycle of dramas about the Black experience in 20th century America.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 29 May 2026
But local screenwriters took issue with the TV regulator ending a policy of putting a priority on Programs of National Interest (PNI), or homegrown dramas and documentaries, including kids and youth programming and animation, to receive subsidies from foreign streamers.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 25 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramas
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McNeal, a first-year catcher who normally plays outfield, made two excellent defensive plays in the second.—
Dan Albano,
Oc Register,
31 May 2026
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All was well after the final two games in Pittsburgh, in which the team made the plays and came up with clutch hitting, particularly Ian Happ.—
Paul Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
30 May 2026
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The school commissions Broadway writers to pen musicals for students each year and recently has added in a new summer musical, where commercial producers can workshop and develop shows.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
25 May 2026
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Founded in 2007 by Gary and Erin Lewis, the company produces stage musicals year-round, as well as musical readings and youth drama education programs.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 May 2026
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The broadest of comedies, the film’s often puerile humor is driven by an endless stream of male bungling, blundering and whining, only to be kicked up a notch by pratfalls of nearly every variety, from getting bucked off a galloping horse to tripping into a pile of trash.—
Natalia Winkelman,
Variety,
27 May 2026
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Two comedies round out the five-strong announcement.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
26 May 2026
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For Dreams of Violets, every image and person in the film is AI generated, but the dramatizations are based on journalistic reports, photographs and eyewitness accounts from which AI video models were used.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
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One of the most interesting additions is a batch of History Channel dramatizations of the lives of American presidents.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
15 May 2026
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In his gorgeous and arresting debut, Nick Martino hurtles through a variety of forms—from sonnets to visual poems to works of visual art—to vividly portray and reflect on a teenager’s world during and after the speaker’s parents’ divorce and his father’s incarceration.—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
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This matching linen shirt and shorts set works for any occasion or itinerary, from the flight to Europe to a hillside lunch in Positano to a low-key coastal dinner in Lagos.—
Staff Author,
Travel + Leisure,
31 May 2026
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