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  • n  the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)
  • n  the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater

  • Outside, a squared archway in a freestanding diagonal wall creates a proscenium that turns earth and sky into a kind of cosmic theater.
  • One clever device is a movable frame inside the proscenium that makes the stage even smaller than it is, so that it can then be expanded to produce the illusion of large-scale .
  • Giant-sized GameBoy props flank the proscenium.

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