From theātricus + -al.

• (British) IPA: /θiːˈætɹɪkəl/
• (America) IPA: /θiˈætɹɪkəl/

theatrical

1. Of or relating to the theatre.
   • 12 July 2012, Sam Adams, AV Club Ice Age: Continental Drift

     The matter of whether the world needs a fourth Ice Age movie pales beside the question of why there were three before it, but Continental Drift feels less like an extension of a theatrical franchise than an episode of a middling TV cartoon, lolling around on territory that’s already been settled.

2. Fake and exaggerated.

• French: théâtral
• German: theatralisch, Theater
• Italian: teatrale
• Portuguese: teatral
• Russian: театра́льный
• Spanish: teatral

• German: theatralisch, dramatisch
• Italian: teatrale, plateale
• Portuguese: teatral, dramático
• Russian: театра́льный
• Spanish: teatral, dramático

theatrical (plural theatricals)

1. A stage performance, especially one by amateurs.
2. A commercially produced film to be shown in movie theaters.
   • 2005, The Hollywood Reporter, page 61:

     Release schedules were stepped up so that virtually all of the summer theatricals are coming to video before year's end.

3. A person who works in theatre.