as in theatre
a building or part of a building where movies are shown
they're renovating the old playhouse and adding extra screens
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Even better every dollar spent at the restaurant supports the nonprofit playhouse and its mission to build more theater opportunities for all.
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Jackie Caradonio, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2024
When Park Road Playhouse closed, Playhouse on Park, a not-for-profit professional theater company co-founded by Zoller, Sean Harris and Tracy Flater, moved into the space that same year, and stop/time became the playhouse’s resident dance company with a multi-week slot on the schedule every year.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2025
Related Articles Alma Elizabeth Meagher, family matriarch, dies The converted school opened as a theater in 1975 after Center Stage suffered a multi-alarm fire at its previous playhouse on East North Avenue in what had been an Oriole Cafeteria.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2025
The residences were happy places, with a playhouse for kids on the porch.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
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Jackie Caradonio, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2024
When Park Road Playhouse closed, Playhouse on Park, a not-for-profit professional theater company co-founded by Zoller, Sean Harris and Tracy Flater, moved into the space that same year, and stop/time became the playhouse’s resident dance company with a multi-week slot on the schedule every year.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 Jan. 2025
Related Articles Alma Elizabeth Meagher, family matriarch, dies The converted school opened as a theater in 1975 after Center Stage suffered a multi-alarm fire at its previous playhouse on East North Avenue in what had been an Oriole Cafeteria.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 15 Feb. 2025
The residences were happy places, with a playhouse for kids on the porch.
—Stephen Rodrick, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for playhouse
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After years of lawsuits and courtroom drama, director Joel Souza (who was also injured in the incident) finished the movie (now in theaters and on demand).—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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The streaming move follows the producers rolling out the eight-episode season in select theaters via Fathom Special Events.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
2 May 2025
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“Playhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playhouse. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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