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Chinese opera
Chinese opera (xiqu, 戏曲) is China's traditional musical theatre family of about 348 extant genres, from Peking opera to kunqu, combining singing, speech, dance, and martial arts; UNESCO-listed and codified by four skills (chang, nian, zuo, da).
Chippendales
Chippendales is an American male revue dance troupe founded in Los Angeles in 1979, whose shirtless dancers wear bow ties and cuffs and perform for largely female audiences.
Chita Rivera
Chita Rivera (Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero, 1933–2024), American Broadway dancer, singer, and actress; originated Anita in West Side Story, Velma in Chicago, and Aurora in Kiss of the Spider Woman; two Tonys, Kennedy Center Honor, Medal of Freedom.
Chitrangada
Chitrangada (চিত্রাঙ্গদা) is a work by Rabindranath Tagore based on the Mahabharata legend of the Manipuri princess Chitrangada and Arjuna, first written as a poetic play in 1892.
Chloe Radcliffe
Chloe Radcliffe, Minnesota-born NYC standup comedian, actor, and screenwriter; Tonight Show staff writer, Command Z star and WGA nominee, creator of the Edinburgh solo show Cheat and the In Tandem bicycle interview series.
Choreography
Choreography (Greek khoreia + -graphy) is the art of designing and arranging dance movements and, originally, their written notation. Covers the choreographic process, Labanotation, copyright, evaluation, and institutions; distinct from improvisation and from performance itself.
Chorus line
Chorus line: a line of dancers or singers performing together on stage, descended from the ancient Greek khoros. Best known through A Chorus Line, the 1975 Pulitzer-winning Broadway musical about chorus dancers.
Chris Addison
Chris Addison (born 1971) is an English comedian, actor, writer and director from Worsley, Greater Manchester, known for Ollie Reeder in The Thick of It and In the Loop, Perrier-nominated Edinburgh shows, and directing Veep, Breeders, and The Hustle.
Chris Cantrill
Chris Cantrill (Christopher Cantrill) is an English comedian from Bradford, half of The Delightful Sausage with Amy Gledhill, a Saturday Night Live UK writer, and winner of the 2026 Edinburgh Comedy Award Best Comedy Show for Rewilding.
Chris D'Elia
Chris D'Elia (born 1980) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and podcast host known for NBC's Whitney and Undateable, Netflix specials, and the Congratulations podcast, whose career collapsed after 2020 sexual misconduct allegations including grooming claims.
Chris Distefano
Chris Distefano (Chrissy Chaos) is a Brooklyn-raised American stand-up comedian, MTV Guy Code standout, and podcaster who left pediatric physical therapy for comedy and in 2023 sold out Radio City Music Hall and MSG's Theater on consecutive nights.
Chris Farley
Chris Farley (Christopher Crosby Farley, 1964-1997), American physical comedian and actor; Second City and Saturday Night Live (1990-1995) star known for Matt Foley and the Chippendales sketch; lead films Tommy Boy, Black Sheep, Beverly Hills Ninja; died of a drug overdose at 33.
Chris Gethard
Chris Gethard, American comedian, actor, author, and podcaster from New Jersey; host of The Chris Gethard Show (2009-2018), the HBO special Career Suicide, and the podcast Beautiful/Anonymous; co-founder of Laughing Together.
Chris Hardwick
Chris Hardwick (born 1971) is an American comedian and host of Singled Out, Talking Dead, @midnight, and NBC's The Wall, founder of Nerdist Industries, later returning with the podcast I Think You're Overthinking It and the 2026 stand-up special The Middle Ages.
Chris Kattan
Chris Kattan (born 1970) is an American comedian and actor, an SNL cast member 1996-2003 known for Mango, Mr. Peepers, and the Roxbury Guys, later in A Night at the Roxbury, The Middle, and his 2019 memoir Baby, Don't Hurt Me.
Chris McCausland
Chris McCausland, British stand-up comedian from Liverpool, blind from retinitis pigmentosa by age 22; won Strictly Come Dancing 2024 as its first blind contestant, hosts panel shows, tours Yonks! to 2026.
Chris Ramsey (comedian)
Chris Ramsey (born 1986, South Shields) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, and presenter known for Hebburn, the Shged. Married. Annoyed. podcast with wife Rosie, Taskmaster runner-up, and Strictly 2019.
Chris Redd
Chris Redd (born 1985, St. Louis) is an American comedian, actor, and rapper; SNL cast member 2017-2022, Emmy winner for "Come Back Barack", star of Bust Down and Resurrected Rides.
Chris Rock
Chris Rock (Christopher Julius Rock III, born 1965) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and filmmaker known for Bring the Pain, Everybody Hates Chris, hosting the 2005 and 2016 Oscars, and the 2022 Will Smith slap incident.
Christian Borle
Christian Borle (born 1973, Pittsburgh) is an American stage and screen actor, two-time Tony winner for Peter and the Starcatcher and Something Rotten!, Grammy winner for Some Like It Hot, and Tom Levitt on NBC's Smash.
Christina Pazsitzky
Christina Pazsitzky (Christina P), Canadian-American stand-up comedian born 1976 in Windsor, Ontario; co-host of Your Mom's House podcast with Tom Segura; Netflix specials Mother Inferior and Mom Genes; divorced Segura in 2026.
Christmas Carol Goes Wrong
Christmas Carol Goes Wrong is a Mischief Theatre comedy about the Cornley amateur society botching Dickens's A Christmas Carol: a 2017 BBC TV special starring Derek Jacobi and Diana Rigg, and a 2025 stage version at the Apollo Theatre that toured, was filmed, and returns worldwide in 2026/27.
Christophe de Menil
Christophe (Marie-Christophe) de Menil, 1933–2025, French-born American costume designer, couturière, and jewelry designer; eldest de Menil child, Robert Wilson collaborator; five stage credits 1983–2002 and Met Costume Institute holdings.
Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe, was an English Elizabethan poet and playwright who pioneered blank verse and wrote Tamburlaine and Doctor Faustus before dying in 1593.
Christopher Titus
Christopher Todd Titus (born 1964) is an American stand-up comedian and actor, star and co-creator of the Fox sitcom Titus (2000-2002), creator of the one-man show Norman Rockwell is Bleeding, ten-plus 90-minute comedy specials, and the Armageddon Update/Titus Podcast.
Chronicle play
The chronicle play, also called a dramatic chronicle (Russian: драматическая хроника), is a form of historical drama telling national events through public scenes rather than a single ruler's tragedy.
Chung Ling Soo
Chung Ling Soo, stage persona of American magician William Ellsworth Robinson (1861-1918), a fake Chinese conjuror who copied Ching Ling Foo's act, never spoke English publicly for 18 years, and died in 1918 when his bullet-catch trick gun fired for real at London's Wood Green Empire.
Cinderella (Ashton)
Cinderella (Ashton): Frederick Ashton's three-act ballet to Prokofiev's opus 87, premiered 23 December 1948 by the Sadler's Wells Ballet at Covent Garden; his first full-length work, with men dancing the Ugly Sisters, and the version most danced worldwide.
Cinderella (Золушка) (Prokofiev)
Cinderella (Золушка, Zolushka), Op. 87, is Sergei Prokofiev's three-act ballet on Charles Perrault's tale, libretto by Nikolai Volkov. Premiered 21 November 1945 at the Bolshoi in Rostislav Zakharov's choreography; Kirov premiere followed in 1946 under Konstantin Sergeyev.
Circus
Circus: live entertainment combining acrobatics, aerial acts, clowning, and equestrian skills in a ring, created by Philip Astley in London in 1768; spread globally in the 19th century and now split between traditional and contemporary animal-free forms.