proscenium — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The stage area between the curtain and the orchestra.

   Usage

   • in a modern theater

   Examples

   It looks like a film, a meticulous, detailed, visually balanced wide-screen Wes Anderson one. There’s no proscenium, no stage, no wings, no audience.

2. The stage area immediately in front of the scene building.

   Usage

   • in an ancient theater

3. The row of columns at the front of the scene building, at first directly behind the circular orchestra but later upon a stage.

   Usage

   • in an ancient theater

   Examples

   The front of the scene-building and of the parascenia came to be decorated with a row of columns, the proscenium (πρό, "before"+σκηνή).

4. A proscenium arch.

   Examples

   Screamers trumpeted from the roof of the supermarket, white storks rattled their bills as their surveyed the town from the proscenium of the filling-station.

Noun

1. the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)

   Synonyms

   apronforestage

   Broader terms

   stage

2. the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater

   Synonyms

   proscenium wall

   Broader terms

   wall