Repertory
noun
A store or collection of music plays or films available for performance or showing.
The theater company's repertory includes a large number of Shakespeare's plays
Often appears as...
- repertory theater
- repertory company
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Academic
noun
The performance of various plays, operas, or ballets by a company at regular short intervals.
We enjoyed a weekend of repertory at the local theater
Often appears as...
- repertory theater
- repertory company
noun
A store or collection of music plays or films available for performance or showing.
The theater company's repertory includes a large number of Shakespeare's plays
Often appears as...
- repertory theater
- repertory company
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The performance of various plays, operas, or ballets by a company at regular short intervals.
We enjoyed a weekend of repertory at the local theater
Often appears as...
- repertory theater
- repertory company
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Pro Tip 1/3Theater Context
Used mainly in theater, film, or music to describe the works a group can perform.
The repertory of the troupe ranged from classical to modern plays.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Classics
Repertory includes contemporary works, not just traditional or classic ones.
Their repertory has recently incorporated some contemporary jazz pieces.
Pro Tip 3/3Static Collection
The collection doesn't change often; once set, it's usually stable for a season.
This year's repertory will feature four renowned musicals.
Pro Tip 1/3Theater Context
Used mainly in theater, film, or music to describe the works a group can perform.
The repertory of the troupe ranged from classical to modern plays.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Classics
Repertory includes contemporary works, not just traditional or classic ones.
Their repertory has recently incorporated some contemporary jazz pieces.
Pro Tip 3/3Static Collection
The collection doesn't change often; once set, it's usually stable for a season.
This year's repertory will feature four renowned musicals.
Pro Tip 1/3Theater Context
Used mainly in theater, film, or music to describe the works a group can perform.
The repertory of the troupe ranged from classical to modern plays.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Classics
Repertory includes contemporary works, not just traditional or classic ones.
Their repertory has recently incorporated some contemporary jazz pieces.
Pro Tip 3/3Static Collection
The collection doesn't change often; once set, it's usually stable for a season.
This year's repertory will feature four renowned musicals.
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And a more recent "The possibility of sustaining high culture in our time is becoming increasing problematical. Serious book stores are losing their franchise, nonprofit theaters are surviving primarily by commercializing their repertory, symphony orchestras are diluting their programs,
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Steven Pinker: Human...
And a more recent "The possibility of sustaining high culture in our time is becoming increasing problematical. Serious book stores are losing their franchise, nonprofit theaters are surviving primarily by commercializing their repertory, symphony orchestras are diluting their programs,
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Michael Tilson Thomas
American Musician
But a large symphony orchestra basically is a repertory company and it has a very enormous repertoire and it is important for the performers to be able to know how to shift focus so that they instantly become part of the sound world that a particular repertoire demands.
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David Morse
American Actor
With repertory, you had to play all these different characters. The range of roles is really what I fell in love with, every night getting to become somebody different. That was my idea of acting, getting to be part of the company and a family.
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Ian Mckellen
English Actor
The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference.
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Anthony Hopkins
Welsh Actor
I spent two years in the military service, then I trudged around in repertory for quite a while. I somehow wound up at the National Theatre, though, and then I was definitely on my way.
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Jeffrey Combs
American Actor
I went to a lot of theatre schools, got a lot of training, did a lot of repertory where you do a different play every night. I took a lot of voice, movement, and acting classes.
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Jeremy Irons
English Actor
It was a better time to be a young actor when I started out. There was a repertory system where you could go and practise.
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Nigel Hawthorne
English Actor
I was quite a plain boy. I stayed in work and eeked out a living, bit parts on TV, walk-ons in films, repertory companies.
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Robert Wilson
American Director
It's important that we have the traditional operas and the repertory, but we should also have something new.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.
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Steven Stucky
American Composer
We all need strategies for facing unknown repertory.
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Michael Tilson Thomas
American Musician
But a large symphony orchestra basically is a repertory company and it has a very enormous repertoire and it is important for the performers to be able to know how to shift focus so that they instantly become part of the sound world that a particular repertoire demands.
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David Morse
American Actor
With repertory, you had to play all these different characters. The range of roles is really what I fell in love with, every night getting to become somebody different. That was my idea of acting, getting to be part of the company and a family.
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Ian Mckellen
English Actor
The one thing you can ask, I think, is that actors get paid a living wage. I would like it if all the repertory theatres that currently exist could do that. It would make a huge difference.
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Anthony Hopkins
Welsh Actor
I spent two years in the military service, then I trudged around in repertory for quite a while. I somehow wound up at the National Theatre, though, and then I was definitely on my way.
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Jeffrey Combs
American Actor
I went to a lot of theatre schools, got a lot of training, did a lot of repertory where you do a different play every night. I took a lot of voice, movement, and acting classes.
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Jeremy Irons
English Actor
It was a better time to be a young actor when I started out. There was a repertory system where you could go and practise.
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Nigel Hawthorne
English Actor
I was quite a plain boy. I stayed in work and eeked out a living, bit parts on TV, walk-ons in films, repertory companies.
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Robert Wilson
American Director
It's important that we have the traditional operas and the repertory, but we should also have something new.
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Mason Cooley
American Writer
The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.
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Steven Stucky
American Composer
We all need strategies for facing unknown repertory.
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