The phrase "tragic theater" is grammatically correct and can be used in written English.
It refers to a form of theater that focuses on sorrowful or distressing events and emotions. Example: The play was a perfect example of tragic theater, with its heartbreaking story and powerful performances.
From it grew tragic theater.
For Lou Gehrig, the end was tragic theater.
Tragic theater, from Oedipus onward, has always centered on that moment when time is up.
It explains that the stage is meant to recall a time when human sacrifices were presented as public spectacles, and it suggests that such displays gave rise to modern tragic theater.
IF, as the novelist Joyce Carol Oates once wrote, "boxing has become America's tragic theater," then one might cast Mike Tyson — the former world heavyweight champion and self-professed "baddest man on the planet" — as the leading man.
Plato knows that even his upright contemporaries check their reason at the door when they enter the tragic theater.
Mr. Abraham released a statement to the campus: Many of you have noticed the increased police on campus as a result of the tragic movie theater shooting.
Why must the tragic Colorado theater shootings stimulate a debate on more than mere gun control?
In the wake of the tragic movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colo., "The Dark Knight Rises" performed strongly at the box office during its opening weekend, although below earlier projections.
But these gender-based hate crimes do occur - look no further than the 2014 Isla Vista killings and this year's tragic movie theater shooting in Lafayette, Louisiana to see that women are being targeted simply because they are women in incidents across the country.
(Sulcas) ★ Forsythe Company (Friday and Saturday) An always unpredictable and often controversial choreographer, William Forsythe offers the New York premiere of "I don't believe in outer space," a sometimes comic and other times tragic dance-theater exploration of states of absence, in which 18 dancers mingle in deliberately outlandish scenes.
