dress rehearsal
noun [C]Definition
› the last time a theatre work is practised before the real performance, when it is performed with the clothes, stage, and lighting exactly as they will be for the real performanceProduction, direction and recording
(Definition of dress rehearsal noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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