Театр /english/

It has ranged from realistic storytelling to the presentation of abstract sound and movement.Representational theater, on the other hand, is illusionistic.Subsidized theater is financially underwritten by a government or by a philanthropic organization.Most countries have a designated national theater company supported by the state.In Great Britain and Germany, for example, most cities or regions have subsidized companies as well.If a show is successful in New York, road companies will tour other cities.Road companies were once common, but today only hit shows tend to tour.Commercial theater also includes dinner theater and summer stock.Sometimes only the lucrative sale of movie rights puts a production in the black.This has been a repeating pattern in 20th-century theater history.