1. dramatic performances or productions, especially amateur ones
Usage: usually plural
2. exaggerated or dramatic behavior intended to attract attention
Usage: usually plural; often disapproving

Examples

• The school’s annual theatricals always draw large audiences.
• She participated in amateur theatricals at the community center.
• The local theater group is preparing their spring theatricals.
• His constant theatricals made it hard to take him seriously.
• Stop the theatricals and just tell me what happened.
• The children put on theatricals for their parents every summer.
• Her theatricals in the meeting were completely unnecessary.