metatheatrical

English

Etymology

From meta- +‎ theatrical.

Adjective

metatheatrical (not comparable)

1. of or pertaining to metatheatre
   • 2008 August 22, The New York Times, “Theater Listings”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Amply stocked with jokes about theater lore and wry, metatheatrical gags, it may be silly and inconsequential, but it has more humor and heart than lots of the big-shot musicals on Broadway (1:30).

   • 2006 December 15, Laura Molzahn, “Mezza Verita”, in Chicago Reader‎^[2]:

     Late in the game Core interjects a weird dance by two broccoli spears as well as metatheatrical musings that are genuinely thought-provoking.

   • 1999 April 16, Justin Hayford, “Technical Difficulties”, in Chicago Reader‎^[3]:

     Like his closest aesthetic cousin in Chicago, Ian Pierce, Corwin has cobbled together a semiabsurdist, metatheatrical approach that rarely gives an audience easy access to his brooding, hard-edged fantasies.