theatricaladj/θiːˈætɹɪkəl/

• 1

  Of or relating to the theatre.

  • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.
• 2

  Fake and exaggerated.

  • The ceremony and its scene were characterised by that high sense of the theatrical which has marked the activities of the Third Reich.

theatricalnoun/θiːˈætɹɪkəl/

• 1

  A stage performance, especially one by amateurs.

• 2

  A commercially produced film to be shown in movie theaters.

  • Release schedules were stepped up so that virtually all of the summer theatricals are coming to video before year's end.
• 3

  A person who works in theatre.

  • Both of her parents were theatricals — that is, the father played the violin and the mother attempted to dance but later she dropped the pretence.