Theater

See also: Subgenres:
 * Theatrical Productions
 * Absurdism
 * Ballet
 * Burlesque
 * Commedia Dell'Arte
 * Dinner Theatre
 * Farce
 * Minstrel Shows
 * Mummers
 * The Musical
 * Jukebox Musical
 * Rock Opera
 * Vampire Musicals
 * Opera
 * Restoration Comedy
 * Satyr Play
 * Theatresports
 * Vaudeville

Even Broadway has its shining examples and tropes.

Creators:
 * Aeschylus
 * Aristophanes
 * Bertolt Brecht
 * Anton Chekhov
 * Euripides
 * Bob Fosse
 * Federico Garcia Lorca
 * Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
 * Henrik Ibsen
 * David Mamet
 * Christopher Marlowe
 * Martin McDonagh
 * Harold Pinter
 * Alexander Pushkin
 * William Shakespeare
 * George Bernard Shaw
 * Sophocles
 * Tom Stoppard
 * Oscar Wilde
 * Moliere
 * Noel Coward

Creators of operas and musical theatre:
 * Leonard Bernstein
 * Gilbert and Sullivan
 * Erich Wolfgang Korngold
 * Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
 * Tim Rice
 * Rodgers and Hammerstein
 * Stephen Schwartz
 * Stephen Sondheim
 * Richard Wagner
 * Andrew Lloyd Webber

Specialty companies:
 * Blue Man Group
 * Cirque Du Soleil

Tropes:
 * All Musicals Are Adaptations
 * Alternate Show Interpretation
 * Alto Villainess
 * At the Opera Tonight
 * Audience Monologue
 * BSOD Song
 * Counterpoint Duet
 * Crowd Song
 * Spontaneous Choreography
 * Dark Reprise
 * Dinner Theater
 * Dramatis Personae
 * Dream Ballet
 * The Eleven O'Clock Number
 * Everything Has Rhythm
 * Final Love Duet
 * Gender Neutral Narrator
 * Ghost Song
 * Greek Chorus
 * "I Am" Song
 * "I Am Becoming" Song
 * "I Want" Song
 * Irrelevant Act Opener
 * Mamet Speak
 * Massive Multiplayer Ensemble Number
 * Minor Character, Major Song
 * The Musical Musical
 * No Serious Business in Show Business
 * Only So Many Equity Members
 * Opening Ballet
 * Original Cast Precedent
 * Our Acts Are Different
 * Patter Song
 * Recitation Handclasp
 * Screen to Stage Adaptation
 * Set Switch Song
 * Show Stopper
 * Small Start Big Finish
 * Sung Through Musical
 * The Song Before the Storm
 * The Soprano
 * Tenor Boy
 * That Reminds Me of a Song
 * Villain Song
 * "The Villain Sucks" Song
 * Voice Types

Indices:
 * Classic Theatre
 * Nineteenth Century Theatre

Useful Notes:
 * Actors Equity
 * Equity