公演

1. Origins, structure, and basic meaning

• Structure: The spelling is 公演, read こうえん, and it combines 公, meaning public, with 演, meaning perform or stage.
• Basic usage: The basic sense of 公演 is presenting theater, music, dance, or another art before an audience, or one scheduled performance.

2. Common pitfalls and similar expressions

• A production and one performance date
  • Both examples use the form 公演. A seasonal label can identify a production, while a date can identify one performance within its run.
• Attending and a final-day performance
  • 劇団の春公演を友人と見に行った。 — I went with a friend to see the theater company's spring performance.
  • 最終日の公演が終わり、出演者が舞台に並んだ。 — When the performance on the final day ended, the cast lined up on stage.