The phrase "acts and intermissions" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in the context of theater, performances, or events that have distinct segments or breaks.
Example: "The play was divided into three acts and intermissions, allowing the audience to discuss the plot between segments."
Alternatives: "scenes and breaks" or "segments and pauses".
But at that point he'd been performing for more than two hours with no opening act and no intermission.
It seems a mistake to have them played before the first act and during intermission; it puts too much of a burden on the actor.
Shepherd holds the stage effortlessly for the entire show, which includes four acts, two intermissions and a dinner break.
Though filled with action through roughly 90 minutes spread over two acts and broken by an intermission that features an audience sing-along, "Silent Laughter" is notable chiefly for its affectionate spirit, some delightful turns by its versatile, quick-changing cast of 10, the organ accompaniment by Ralph Ringstad Jr. and its faithful recreation of slapstick comedy routines.
We feel as if we're in a theatre; there's a break between the two acts marked "Intermission", and the performances and the sound are not naturalistic.
Held onstage during the intermission between Puccini's first two acts and prefaced by a short assemblage of filmed performance clips, the ceremony was simple.
At one point, Mr. Rock, with undisguised awe, tells Mr. Seinfeld about Mr. Cosby's stage show, which lasts for two and a half hours without warm-up act or intermission, and the film ends with Mr. Seinfeld's pilgrimage to meet with his idol backstage in Newark.
The story ran, undulated and salsa-stepped in a fairly straight line through Salvador's story of damnation and redemption in an intermissionless 90 minutes (as opposed to the two full acts with intermission it required on Broadway).
The play's first two acts (before intermission) consist of the antics of this menagerie, presented with a sly, but conventional satire and with much of the cast paying fierce attention to their accents and eccentricities.
She came for the first act and went backstage at intermission to offer congratulations.
