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
Such lofty throughlines are an important element of HBO prestige dramas and great crime thrillers.
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Grace Byron, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Though his meticulous style might seem tailor-made for prestige dramas centered on the exceedingly affluent, storytelling remains his true focus.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2025
People make dramas at a certain budget level… because of the costs, Heat 2 is probably double that.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
While crimes are a dime a dozen on network police dramas, in the series’ opening episodes, Lena, Danny and the Silvers confront issues that address real-life problems.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
When will the flood of serial killer dramas abate?
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Among the upcoming new dramas is Half Man, starring Richard Gadd and Jamie Bell, a co-production between the BBC and HBO that explores the complex relationship between two estranged brothers.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
The end result was that our selections were often three-hour black and white graphically violent war dramas in Hungarian with subtitles depicting (way too successfully, in my view) the misery of the human condition.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Similar dramas are playing out at immigration courts across the country, accelerating since early July, when ICE began opposing bond for anyone detained regardless of their circumstances.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Grace Byron, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2025
Though his meticulous style might seem tailor-made for prestige dramas centered on the exceedingly affluent, storytelling remains his true focus.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2025
People make dramas at a certain budget level… because of the costs, Heat 2 is probably double that.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2025
While crimes are a dime a dozen on network police dramas, in the series’ opening episodes, Lena, Danny and the Silvers confront issues that address real-life problems.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
When will the flood of serial killer dramas abate?
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Among the upcoming new dramas is Half Man, starring Richard Gadd and Jamie Bell, a co-production between the BBC and HBO that explores the complex relationship between two estranged brothers.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
The end result was that our selections were often three-hour black and white graphically violent war dramas in Hungarian with subtitles depicting (way too successfully, in my view) the misery of the human condition.
—Inga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025
Similar dramas are playing out at immigration courts across the country, accelerating since early July, when ICE began opposing bond for anyone detained regardless of their circumstances.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramas
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And there’s Ben’s mother Anne Meara, who wrote plays, acted in everything from TV sitcoms to Shakespeare in the Park productions, and always preferred her son’s more serious work to his broader, big-budget laugh riots.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
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That includes putting moves on opponents for jump shots, hitting far-out threes, and even pulling off four-point plays.—
Matthew Couden,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Oct. 2025
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The performers in the touring casts of Broadway musicals often follow strikingly similar paths from high school to hit show — hours spent practicing show tunes with vocal coaches, years of dance classes, roles in a dozen amateur musical theater productions.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
21 Sep. 2025
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Audiences will come back to theaters for high-concept comedies that speak to a lot of people, like The Hangover or Wedding Crashers.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Game night flies by in a montage — the crutch of comedies that can’t sustain conversations and jokes at the same time (or, to be fair, feel crunched for time).—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2025
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Hollywood streamers and studios seemingly can't resist such tales, which explains the boom of true crime documentaries and dramatizations over the past decade.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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Yes, House of Guinness is based on the real-life history of the Guinness family, though, as is true of many dramatizations, certain liberties have been taken.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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The agreement covers all works produced through Le Masne’s Multiman Records and will be administered by WCM’s teams in France and the US.—
Thania Garcia,
Variety,
22 Oct. 2025
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Much of Iran’s clandestine cinema, including some of Panahi’s earlier works, is didactic, focused on valorizing the victims of the regime’s injustices.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
22 Oct. 2025
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