What does one get from theatre?

I know that when I go to a theatrical performance, I plan to be entertained. I feel that the level of entertainment varies for the skill level of the viewer. Skill level relates to spectating a theatrical performance just as it does any other activity. The more you do it, the better you get at it. When I go to a theatre, I like to watch the play and be entertained by good actors playing believable roles. People who study theatre and have been involved in it for years, tend to search for underlying meanings, metaphors, etc. This type of viewing comes with time. The great thing about theatre is how the performance can be put on for two people at the same time and they can take the meaning of it, or be entertained by it, in two different ways for two different reasons. That is why so many performers like theatre, over movies for example, because of all of the lose ends. Over the years, theatre has been used, not only for entertainment, but to spread views, entice revolutions, and provide ceremonies to ancient gods. What one expects to get out of theatre really lies in the mise en scene. The entire situation, from the point one gets in the car to head to the show, can influence ones perspective on what they are seeing