http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Theatre

Greek and Kabuki theatre have a lot of differences. For one, the stages are designed differently. Greek theatre stages have essentially a stadium seats around them in the shape of a semi-circle. Again, if my description doesn't make sense, go look at the pictures on the website. Kabuki theatre has risen stages in the middle of the audience. Another difference is the appearance of the actors. Greek theatre has the classic masks. You know the ones that are happy and the sad ones? Well, they used those. Why, you ask? Because this allowed the audiences to better tell what emotions the actors had so that they could easily follow the course of the play without getting confused. The faces on the masks were very exaggerated so that they could easily be seen. Kabuki theatre wears elaborate make-up. The stage design of Greek theatre is similar to that of the Tampa Bay Performing Arts Center, which leads me to believe that Greek theatre is more prevalent in American theatre than Kabuki theatre is. If I had good seats to the Greek show, then I would prefer is. If not, then Kabuki, because even with elaborate masks, I wouldn't be able to pay attention.