Theater Puns

Dramatic theater puns that deserve the spotlight.

Theater Puns

Opening a new shadow puppet theatre. Business plan says we'll make a fortune, but those are just projected figures.
The ghost scared all the boys who ventured into the haunted house and then varnished into the almirah!
I had a job directing an elementary school theater production.
It wasn't hard work, after all, it was child's play.
Coming to theaters: the thrilling tale of a man who ate biographical books instead of turkey on Thanksgiving.
Baste on a true story.
Don't theater jokes always seem so staged?
10 saxophone players blew up a theatre...
authorities are on the lookout for the tenorists.
The skeleton would love to see the latest horror flick, but he just doesn't have the guts for it.
It may just be a stage I'm going through, but I sure do love the trapdoors on set.
I wonder why theatres are so sad? They're always dark, moody, and in tiers.
I seem to find a way of sneaking chocolate into movie theaters..
.. I always have a few twix up my sleeve.
My friend told me he had to leave the play after Act l. Knowing he'd waited forever to see it, I asked him why. He said the program stated that Act ll was two years later, and he refused to wait that long.
Today, we had to create a new hang position for some lighting fixtures. After all day trying, we couldn't get the new batten hung properly.

Turns out it was just a pipe dream.
Choreographers are always hard to get in touch with because they are always blocking you.
I'm coming out of the closet to tell everyone I was just hired as a seamstress for the theatre.
Theatre costumes must be handled with care since they're often laced with something.
Show your popcorn and coke guy at the movies a little appreciation. After all, he makes a lot of concessions.
A friend has joined a blonds only theatre group. Fair play to him.
An actor I know fell through the floor recently. It's just a stage he was going through.
We should've guessed the failed postman wouldn't be any better at delivering his acting lines.
A prankster played a really dark and dim-witted joke at the theatre. He turned off the lights.
You know why theater people say "break a leg" instead of good luck?
Because if you do, you'll end up in a cast!
Who are the biggest fans at the theatre? The backstage crew - They're always giving props to the actors.
10 saxophone players blew up a theatre...
authorities are on the lookout for the tenorists.
My theater group is writing a sci-fi thriller about classical musicians.
I'll be Bach.
The stage is the most hygienic place in the world. Every time we turn on the lights they get a wash.
When the theatre owner dies, his visitation hours are as follows: 1pm, 3pm, 6:30 pm, 9pm, and midnight.
Theatre - the one place it doesn't pay to read between the line.
Why do thespians have great hair? They want the perfect part.
I tried to come up with a funny theatre joke, but it was all just an act.
Everyone was spot on, you really did make a great theatre lighting tech.
I just got fired from my theatre job. I guess I should've made a bigger scene about it.
Theater sound guys aren't always good speakers
I thought the play was frightful but I saw it under particularly unfortunate circumstances - the curtain was up.
My buddy was cast in Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, but he was still angry because he wasn't Happy.
Julius Caesar ordered pizza for the senate at Theatre of Pompey
Casca: How could you not order enough pizza for everyone?

Julius: But there was enough for everybody to have a slice...

Brutus: I ate 2 slices.

Julius: ATE TWO, BRUTE?
There are two people who both claim to live in the building where Shakespeare wrote Romeo & Juliet. They should put a plaque on both their houses.
My grandfather warned people that the Titanic would sink
*No one listened, but he kept on warning them nonetheless until they got sick of him and kicked him out of the movie theatre*
My dad always said the secret to theatre was to always leave them wanting more.
He was a great guy but a terrible anaesthetist.
Never date a Theater person...
... wayyy too much Drama...
This hottie has forever changed the film industry, and it starts with the letter P and ends with 'orn'. Reel your mind back in - we're talking popcorn!
Why do poltergeists love haunting old theaters?
Because they can't wait to boo the performers.
A pig and a horse walk into a movie theater.
The horse didn't feel like buying popcorn so he brought some hay. A theater employee saw him and said. "Are you sneaking outside food into the theater?"

The horse said "nay."

The pig squealed.
Why did the Lord of the Rings author get kicked out of the movie theatre.
He was Tolkien all the way through.
Q: Did you hear about the blonde couple that were found frozen to death in their car at the drive-in movie theatre?
A: They apparently went to see "Closed For The Winter"
A classically trainer theater performer just became a spy.
I guess you could say they perform... thespionage
If you don't focus on learning your lines for the production, I shutter to imagine what the reviewers will snap about.
All theatres love to see scarecrows out in the audience as reviewers! They're simply outstanding in their field.
Great news! I'm a movie director now! I gave stellar directions to a very lovely family on their way to the theatre.
I went to a theater performance done on a bunch of dictionaries the other day...
It was a play on words.
An actor arrived for his rehearsal at the theatre.
As he looked around, an incredible feeling of deja vu swept over him.

Suddenly he realised the set seemed like a weird adaption of his apartment, the actress looked like an odd version of his wife, and the director sounded like an eerie rendition of his dad.

"Uncanny!" He thought. "I've arrived at a strange stage of my life".