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proshot en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of professionally + shot.

Meanings

1. A professionally filmed version of a live stage production.
   • Over a year later, the show is slated to hit Broadway in November, with the proshot version hitting Netflix a month earlier to—in theory—drive up ticket sales. 2021 October 6, Madison Malone Kircher, Slate:
   • Although rarer and much more difficult to come by, proshots don’t have these same problems. Proshots are aimed at musical theater fans, who are in some way invested in the live shows, and so have less need to cater to broad tastes. 2025 April 11, Melanie Webb, “The Great White Way on the Silver Screen: Proshots vs. Film Adaptations”, in The Student Movement, volume 104, number 9, Andrews University:
   • I was able to see the Into the Woods proshot (professionally shot) she was in. 2022 July 26, Shawn Connor, “This Cats Musical has 'Kittens' as Young Actors Tackle Purr-Fect Roles”, in The Vancouver Sun:

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