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TAKE THE QUIZlittle theater
noun
: a small theater for low-cost dramatic productions designed for a relatively limited audience
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With the performance sold out, the staff of the little theater decides the go on with the show anyway.
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Kathy Cichon, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
In a crowded little theater, jammed tight with props, a woman works at a messy desk.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2021
Clam digging and kayaking hybrid tours are a popular daytime draw, while evenings are best spent eating oysters and lobster or catching a play at the historical Victoria Playhouse, PEI's longest-running little theater.
—Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2021
The gutsy little theater on East 4th Street, just in recent seasons, has produced shows like Slave Play, Once, and Hadestown, all of which later traveled uptown to play successfully on Broadway.
—Jackson Mchenry, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2021
While awaiting a possible guideline change, the little theater is streaming live shows with the actors on stage but the audience watching virtually at home.
—Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2020
The high school might use its little theater and library for classes to achieve separation.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2020
The studio opened that film in the middle of the day, in a little theater in Santa Monica, with no press.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2020
As a child, his mother even built him a little theater.
—Sanya Mansoor, Time, 8 Dec. 2019
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Kathy Cichon, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
In a crowded little theater, jammed tight with props, a woman works at a messy desk.
—Helen Shaw, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2021
Clam digging and kayaking hybrid tours are a popular daytime draw, while evenings are best spent eating oysters and lobster or catching a play at the historical Victoria Playhouse, PEI's longest-running little theater.
—Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2021
The gutsy little theater on East 4th Street, just in recent seasons, has produced shows like Slave Play, Once, and Hadestown, all of which later traveled uptown to play successfully on Broadway.
—Jackson Mchenry, Vulture, 3 Mar. 2021
While awaiting a possible guideline change, the little theater is streaming live shows with the actors on stage but the audience watching virtually at home.
—Diane Bell Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Oct. 2020
The high school might use its little theater and library for classes to achieve separation.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 13 Oct. 2020
The studio opened that film in the middle of the day, in a little theater in Santa Monica, with no press.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Aug. 2020
As a child, his mother even built him a little theater.
—Sanya Mansoor, Time, 8 Dec. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1912, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near little theater
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“Little theater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/little%20theater. Accessed 3 Feb. 2023.
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