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Recent Examples of theater-in-the-round
Dining gets a major upgrade with Pride Lands: Feast of the Lion King, a theater-in-the-round restaurant where rousing performances unfold between courses.
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Josh Roberts, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
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 former was a theater-in-the-round in which people were collectively immersed in moving images from around the world.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
Josh Roberts, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
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 former was a theater-in-the-round in which people were collectively immersed in moving images from around the world.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for theater-in-the-round
Noun
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The precinct included the Blackfriars playhouse, which Shakespeare part-owned.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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But not just that, our theater and dance department, which is in the top five departments of the country, uses the playhouse as the experiential basis for our MFA program, so our students get trained there.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Sonny Styles walked into an auditorium at the Washington Commanders’ headquarters on Friday afternoon and did something unusual for a new professional football player.—
Les Carpenter,
Washington Post,
25 Apr. 2026
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Strange New Worlds castmembers Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, Celia Rose Gooding and Paul Wesley announced the return date and debuted the new season’s teaser trailer in front of a packed auditorium at the annual event in Mexico City.—
Ryan Gajewski,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Their plan for the lot is to remove the concrete and create a small redwood forest, a community garden and greenhouse, a playground, and an amphitheater.—
John Ramos,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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As part of the settlement, the company agreed to do things like cap service fees at 15% and divest exclusive booking agreements with about a dozen amphitheaters, which ticketing organizations and Democratic lawmakers say does not go nearly far enough.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
16 Apr. 2026
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Others believe the context clues of a show happening in a theater should make that clear enough.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
23 Apr. 2026
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There’s an almost-friendship-ending rift over husbands (Brent Thiessen is Cee Cee’s, a cool-guy theater director; Ben Jacoby is Bertie’s, a rich jerk) that feels deeply dated and, in the context of the women’s tell-each-other-everything friendship, just plain weird.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The five pavilions, meanwhile, are located in a private corner of the garden and have a cottage vibe.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 Apr. 2026
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Smoked salmon mousse melts like silk; the Welcome Pot, a hearty stew of tepary beans, bison, and garden flowers, reminds me how food nourishes more than the body.—
Carrie Honaker,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Emperor’s battle arena, for example, is a marvel of moody set design, its barbarity brought to life by the throngs of people crowding to watch the action from atop its grated roof.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
22 Apr. 2026
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He may now be thrown back into that arena with his ex-fiancée Zoe re-entering his life.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2026
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Right near my beautiful ballroom.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
21 Apr. 2026
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His new four-hundred-million-dollar East Wing ballroom was supposed to have several gold ones, but a very weak judge has blocked construction.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The benchmark also prompts models to produce the date on which Yo Yo Ma was inducted into the classical music hall of fame.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2026
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And there’s a playful, irreverent bounce to the film that’s in sync with the Liverpudlian music hall tradition that McCartney, more than any of the Beatles, has held close.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Feb. 2026
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