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That includes two songs for Egmont’s love, Klärchen, four entr’actes, a melodrama for Egmont as he approaches his execution and, powerfully as only Beethoven can, a battle cry.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

There are a couple of entr’actes in which the clown, teased by his former supervisor, inclines toward the Grinchy.

From New York Times • Nov. 27, 2024

His position-paper entr’actes can be awkward and artless, much like the author himself.

From New York Times • Nov. 13, 2017

Noh is essentially the inspiration for the two-person entr’actes, called knee plays, in “Einstein on the Beach.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2016

If there are five acts, they should at most go out for two entr'actes and even then be careful to come back before the curtain goes up.

From Etiquette by Post, Emily