3
opera
3
pageant(noun, drama)
3
scene(noun, performance, show, play, production)
3
skit(noun, drama)
3
soap opera(noun, expression, idiom, drama)
3
teleplay(noun, drama)
3
theatrics(noun, performance, play, excitement, production)
2
agitation(noun, feeling, pleasure, rage, stir)
2
broadway(noun, performance, show, play, production)
2
daytime serial(noun, expression, serial)
2
emotion(noun, performance, feeling, play, pleasure)
2
emotionalism(sentimentality, slush)
2
hysterics(wildness, jollies, turn-on)
2
miracle play(expression, idiom, the drama)
2
music drama(expression, idiom)
2
performance(noun, play, production)
2
production(noun, performance, show, play, tragedy)
2
schmaltziness(noun, sentiment, sentimentality, soppiness, mawkishness)
2
sentimentalism(noun, sentiment, nostalgia, sentimentality, slush)
2
serial
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