illegitimate theater

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Noun

illegitimate theater (countable and uncountable, plural illegitimate theaters)

  1. (uncountable) Lightweight, mass-appeal theatrical productions such as pantomimes and musicals, as opposed to the "legitimate theater" of serious drama.
  2. (countable) A theater that performs this kind of lightweight production.
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