Audience

An audience is a group of people that see, hear or otherwise experience the same thing.  It may be many different kinds of thing, such as a play, a movie, a book, or a broadcast.  Audience members participate in different ways in different kinds of art; some live performance events invite the audience to be part of the performance, while others allow only applause and criticism. Mass media seldom provide for audience participation.

An audience at a sporting event are called spectators or  a live audience

Category:Performing arts
Category:Entertainment
Category:Observation