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This is from the twitter of a stage actor. He supposed to perform for a show
in the next day, so I assumed

> 場当たり was from 場当たり稽古 = dress rehearsal​

but the word ゲネ also seems to derive from

> ゲネ = ゲネプロ dress rehearsal​

I was wondering if these words really mean the same? or whether they have any
significant difference?
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meaning word-choice
Do the word 場当たり and ゲネプロ similar in their meaning?
No, they have different meanings. (From experience performing in a local opera
group...)

Typically rehearsals are held in some nondescript room somewhere, with a
mockup of the set. Then (in this case the day) before the performance (本番) the
actual set is ready in the theatre, and the actors have to finalise
positioning under the director's supervision: this is 場当たり. They might run
through any "action" scenes, but there is no singing or acting as such. The
next stage is the dress rehearsal, which is a straight run through without
stopping (normally, at least). So in this case the actors now have an image of
how they will perform on the actual set, in tomorrow's GP.

I think 場当たり稽古 would mean the same as 場当たり, which is a sort of rehearsal; but
it is quite distinct from the dress rehearsal, which can be called ゲネ, or
ゲーペー, the German pronunciation of "GP", since it comes from _Generalprobe_.

The dictionary definitions of 場当たり suggest it is about adapting to a new
location, so perhaps the origin is in the world of travelling players.
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