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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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IEEE Spectrum,
20 Nov. 2019
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
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In videos shared on her Instagram, @bonesandbuilds, Orrock documents the transformation of secondhand playhouses into imaginative destinations designed for her children.
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The 120 square-foot structure is also large enough to use as a playhouse for little ones or workshop for DIY projects, but the interior customization options are truly endless.
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Soccer fans packed the auditorium’s standing-room-only floor and filled its rows of seats.
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Instead of taking their seats in the historic auditorium, they are directed onto the stage, where 122 seats are configured for a playing area in the round.
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Management is retrofitting amphitheaters from as little as 1% premium capacity toward 25% and designing new arenas with up to 30% premium inventory.
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Both the amphitheater and Foundation Room are available for rent, with discounts for nonprofit organizations, Foster said.
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Swimming pools, movie theaters and shopping malls are places to stay cool.
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The company reimagines the Colony Theatre stage, turning it into a black-box theater where audiences become collaborators rather than spectators.
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The first wind phone was created in 2010 by Japanese garden designer Itaru Sasaki after the loss of his cousin to cancer and then later was dedicated to lives lost in the 2011 tsunami.
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Leave some messiness in your garden and leave the leaves, as decaying leaves are great habitat for fireflies.
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Concerts and award shows reinvent arenas every year through temporary architecture and production design.
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Unlike scenic destinations that become part of a wedding backdrop, Walshe said Madison Square Garden presents the opposite challenge because designers would first have to erase the venue's familiar arena feel before creating something entirely new.
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And he's been talking about the ballroom, legislation like the SAVE Act, which Leader Thune has said there are not the votes for it.
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The White House has said the $400 million cost would be paid by private donors, but public money — around $1 billion for the entire White House complex, including the ballroom — would be used for security measures.
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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.
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After attending a music hall matinee, Richard Hadley has an unexpected encounter with the mysterious Miss Lambert.
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