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Mae Martin
Mae Martin (Mae Pearl Martin, born 1987, Toronto) is a Canadian non-binary comedian, actor, and screenwriter, creator and star of Feel Good and the Netflix thriller Wayward, SAP stand-up, Taskmaster series 15 winner, and debut album I'm a TV.
Magic (illusion)
Magic (illusion), also called conjuring, is the performing art of staged impossible feats using natural means. Key figures: Robert-Houdin, Houdini; core technique: misdirection; studied scientifically as the science of magic.
Mahanirvan
Mahanirvan (महानिर्वाण, The Dread Departure) is a Marathi black comedy play by Satish Alekar, first staged in 1974 and seen as a milestone of modern Indian theater.
Maisie Adam
Maisie Adam (born 1994) is an English stand-up comedian from Pannal, North Yorkshire, winner of So You Think You're Funny? 2017 and Taskmaster series 20 (2025), known for Vague, Hang Fire, Buzzed, Appraisal, and the Big Kick Energy podcast.
Maja Todd
Maja Todd, Polish beauty queen born 2005 in Katowice, won Miss Polonia 2025, competed at Miss International 2025 in Tokyo, and represented Poland at Miss World 2026 in Nha Trang, reaching Miss World Europe Top 10; studies Global Business at SGH Warsaw.
Majangwa
Majangwa is a play by the Ugandan playwright Robert Serumaga, first produced in 1971 and published in 1974, on which his reputation as a founder of modern East African theater rests.
Makarand Deshpande (मकरंद देशपांडे)
Makarand Deshpande (मकरंद देशपांडे), born 1966 in Ratnagiri, is an Indian actor, playwright and director, founder of Mumbai's Ansh Theatre Group (1993, with Kay Kay Menon), author of around 90 original plays including Sir Sir Sarla, and character actor in over 170 films in eight languages plus Hollywood's Monkey Man.
Makayla Couture
Makayla Couture, the stage name of Makayla Walker (born 2002), is a Canadian drag performer and activist from Toronto who finished as runner-up on Call Me Mother season 2.
Make-up artist
Make-up artist (MUA): a professional applying cosmetics, prosthetics, and special effects for stage, film, TV, and fashion. Key facts: O*NET code 39-5091.00, greasepaint history from 1873, HD-era naturalism, IATSE unions, hygiene and safety standards.
Malayalam drama
Malayalam drama (മലയാളനാടകം) is the tradition of dramatic literature and theater in the Malayalam language of Kerala, India, tied to social reform and politics since its modern beginnings in 1882.
Malcolm Sargent
Malcolm Sargent (Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent, 1895–1967), English conductor and organist, knighted 1947; Royal Choral Society chief 1928–1967, BBC Symphony 1950–1957, and famed host of the Proms Last Night.
Malik Elassal (مالك العسال)
Malik Elassal (مالك العسال) is a Lebanese-Canadian stand-up comedian and actor, born in 1996, known for playing Samir in the FX series Adults and for a widely viewed Don't Tell Comedy set.
Mallika Dua
Mallika Dua, also known as Makeup Didi, is an Indian actress, comedian, and writer born 1989 in New Delhi, famous for the 2016 viral video Shit People Say: Sarojini Nagar Edition, films like Hindi Medium, and mentoring The Great Indian Laughter Challenge.
Mallika Sarabhai (મલ્લિકા સારાભાઈ)
Mallika Sarabhai (મલ્લિકા સારાભાઈ), born 1953 in Ahmedabad, is an Indian Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi dancer, actress, and activist, daughter of Mrinalini and Vikram Sarabhai, co-director of Darpana Academy, Draupadi in Peter Brook's Mahabharata.
Man of La Mancha
Man of La Mancha: 1965 Broadway musical by Dale Wasserman (book), Mitch Leigh (music), Joe Darion (lyrics), adapted from his teleplay I, Don Quixote; 2,328 performances, five 1966 Tonys including Best Musical; famous for The Impossible Dream.
Maname
Maname (මනමේ) is a Sinhala stage play written and directed by Ediriweera Sarachchandra, first performed in 1956 and widely regarded as the founding work of modern Sinhala theater.
Mandy Gonzalez
Mandy Gonzalez, born 1978, American Broadway actor and singer; originated Nina in In the Heights, played Elphaba in Wicked, Angelica in Hamilton, Norma Desmond in Sunset Blvd; Obie and Drama Desk winner, Fearless album and book series author.
Mandy Moore (choreographer)
Mandy Moore, full name Samantha Jo Moore, is an American choreographer known for So You Think You Can Dance, La La Land, and Taylor Swift's Eras Tour.
Mandy Patinkin
Mandy Patinkin (born 1952, Chicago) is an American actor and singer: Tony winner as Che in Evita, Seurat in Sunday in the Park with George, Inigo Montoya in The Princess Bride, Emmy winner for Chicago Hope, and Saul Berenson on Homeland.
Manfred Brauneck
Manfred Brauneck (born 1934) is a German theatrologist and literary scholar, emeritus professor of the University of Hamburg, known for standard works on European theater history and the 2010 Balzan Prize.
Manipuri Raas Leela
Manipuri Raas Leela, also called Raslila, is Manipur's classical Vaishnava dance-drama of Krishna, Radha, and the gopis, codified by King Bhagyachandra (first Maha Raas 1779), performed in five forms without ankle bells, with pung drum and Nata Sankirtana music.
Mankind
Mankind is a late fifteenth-century English morality play, one of three complete pre-1500 examples, known for its scatological humor and small cast of villains led by the devil Titivillus.
Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza
Manuel Eduardo de Gorostiza (1789–1851) was a Mexican diplomat, cabinet minister, and dramatist, best known for his neoclassical comedy of manners Contigo pan y cebolla (1833).
Manzai
Manzai (漫才) is Japanese two-person comic banter with boke and tsukkomi roles, descended from New Year mansai; modern conversation-only manzai was created by Yokoyama Entatsu and Hanabishi Achako in 1930 Osaka, popularized by their 1933 hit Sōkeisen.
Māori theatre
Māori theatre is theatre in New Zealand made by and with Māori, rooted in the traditional whare tapere and flourishing in professional companies since the 1970s.
Marathi experimental theatre
Marathi experimental theatre (प्रायोगिक रंगभूमी, prayogik rangabhumi), also called samip or samantar rangabhumi, is the non-commercial branch of Marathi theater in Maharashtra that took shape in the 1960s.
Marathi theatre
Marathi theatre (मराठी रंगभूमि) is the tradition of professional and amateur stage drama in the Marathi language, centered in Maharashtra and begun by Vishnudas Bhave's Sita Swayamvar in 1843.
Marc Evan Jackson
Marc Evan Jackson (born 1970, Buffalo, New York) is an American comedic actor and improviser known as Kevin on Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Shawn on The Good Place, and Trevor Nelsson on Parks and Recreation, and co-founder of the Detroit Creativity Project.
Marc Maron
Marc Maron (born 1963, Jersey City, NJ) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, and host of the WTF interview podcast, started 2009; guest Obama 2015, Robin Williams episode in the National Recording Registry, ended fall 2025.
Marcel Marceau
Marcel Marceau, born Marcel Mangel (1923–2007), French Jewish mime who created the white-faced clown Bip; Resistance forger of ID cards who smuggled over 70 Jewish children to Switzerland, then founded his own mime company and schools in Paris.