(さいえん)

さいえん
noun / verb-suru
revival; repeat performance
1. revival; repeat performance; restaging
Performing a play, musical, or other stage production again after its original run has ended. Can also refer to re-performing a piece of music or replaying a role.
人気(にんき)ミュージカルが再演(さいえん)される。
The popular musical will have a revival performance.
初演(しょえん)から十年(じゅうねん)ぶりの再演(さいえん)決定(けってい)した。
A revival has been announced for the first time in ten years since the premiere.
ファンの熱望(ねつぼう)(こた)え、演出(えんしゅつ)一新(いっしん)した再演(さいえん)来春(らいしゅん)上演(じょうえん)される予定(よてい)だ。
In response to the fans' passionate requests, a restaging with a fresh direction is scheduled for next spring.

USAGE:
再演(さいえん) is a performing arts term used for stage productions (plays, musicals, operas) that are performed again. It can be used as a noun or with する. The antonym of sorts is 初演(しょえん) (premiere).

COMMON COLLOCATIONS:

  • 再演(さいえん)する (to revive, to restage)
  • 再演(さいえん)決定(けってい)する (a revival is decided)
  • 再演(さいえん)(のぞ)む (to hope for a revival)
  • 再演(さいえん)公演(こうえん) (revival performance)

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • 再演(さいえん): revival performance (same production staged again)
  • 初演(しょえん): premiere (first performance)
  • 再放送(さいほうそう): rebroadcast, rerun (for TV/radio)
  • 再上映(さいじょうえい): re-screening (for films)