theater-in-the-round

noun

Definition of theater-in-the-roundnext
as in playhouse

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Recent Examples of theater-in-the-round The restaurant treats dining as theater—guests are seated theater-in-the-round style around the chefs, who work under overhead lighting that acts like a spotlight. — Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 30 Oct. 2025 Catch a theater-in-the-round performance or—for seats less exposed to the weather—try its companion venue, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse. — Anna Kim, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2024 The main theater, Princess Arena, is a new concept that’s adaptable to different stage styles including theater-in-the-round. — Fran Golden, Travel + Leisure, 27 July 2024 Scutt has reimagined the 1,250-seat August Wilson Theatre as an intimate club—warrens of labyrinthine new corridors and passageways, three new bars, and an auditorium reinvented as a theater-in-the-round. — Adrienne Miller, Vogue, 5 Mar. 2024 Steppenwolf was spending more than $54 million on its new theater-in-the-round, a 50,000-square-foot expansion including classroom and rehearsal spaces. — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 17 Aug. 2023 The Mcity test car carries lidar (a laser range finder) both for a theater-in-the-round view (provided by the rotating roof tower) and for a look-ahead focus. — IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for theater-in-the-round
  1. playhouse
  2. auditorium
  3. amphitheater
  4. theater
  5. garden
  6. arena
  7. ballroom
  8. music hall
Noun
  • London had been ravaged by plague since the summer of 1592, with high mortality rates in the city and suburbs meaning the playhouses were closed for business for twenty of the following twenty-two months.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Russell adds a 30 Rock–esque backstage frame in which an assistant stage manager (Twiggy, looking divine) is thrust into the spotlight when the star of her regional playhouse’s production of The Boy Friend is nowhere to be found.
    — Juan A. Ramírez, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of playhouse
Noun
  • Pinault also owns Venice’s Teatrino, a 225-seat auditorium that reopened in 2013 after a renovation by Tadao Ando, who also worked on the other two spaces in the city.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Who hasn’t airballed a foul shot in front of a Catholic school auditorium filled with 50 people on a Saturday morning?
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of auditorium
Noun
  • Because the amphitheater is built into a mountainside, wheelchair-accessible seating is limited to the very front and very back row.
    — Maribeth Romslo, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026
  • Two weeks later, Allen downscaled the North American itinerary, swapping several big arenas for small arenas and small arenas for amphitheaters.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of amphitheater
Noun
  • About 100 of the theater's 120 staff members work in Kherson, and none have evacuated.
    — HANNA ARHIROVA, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
  • But the objects we are left with, to take both Kaplan and Naumann as examples, often fall short of what either a painting or sculpture can be—and, without the theater play itself, what of the pertinent conversation?
    — Kristian Vistrup Madsen, Artforum, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of theater
Noun
  • All-inclusive meals made with organic produce grown in the garden are outstanding.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Nov. 2026
  • The normal fall routine for many gardeners is to remove all the leaves from the garden and either bag them up or pile them at the curb for transportation to a landscape waste facility to turn them into compost.
    — Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026
Definition of garden
Noun
  • The Lakers unveiled a statue of their Showtime era coach outside their downtown arena last season.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Cluff carried him through the arena for Grand Entry, dancing as intertribal drum groups took turns playing and hundreds of representatives of indigenous tribes danced.
    — Sarah Gordon, Hartford Courant, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of arena
Noun
  • Sergey Brin, a co-founder of Google, sat in the white-and-gold ballroom next to the President.
    — Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
  • In Friday’s hearing, Deputy Assistant Attorney General Robert Stander cited the Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision in August allowing ballroom construction to continue while litigation proceeded.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 31 Oct. 2026
Definition of ballroom
Noun
  • Now reimagined as part of Atlantic Park, the new venue combines a multilevel indoor music hall with an outdoor lawn and has a total capacity of 5,000 guests.
    — Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 12 Oct. 2026
  • The novel is built around an encounter between the mysterious title character and a music hall aficionado in London in 1938, the year before World War II.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 June 2026
Definition of music hall

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