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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Willard’s enthusiasm is shared by the thousands of visitors a year who wander the park’s untamed valleys, a geological playhouse unlike any other park in the nation.
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Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2024
By unflinchingly confronting the harsh realities of human vanity, hatred, and prejudice in his works, Shakespeare and his playhouse were able to foster a space for dialogue that Yachnin believes is sorely lacking in today’s polarized and fragmented media landscape.
—Karl Moore, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
One of the festival’s main venues is the Salzburg State Theater, a 700-seat playhouse whose jewel-box 19th-century, neo-Baroque auditorium, adorned with gold leaf and red velvet, recently reopened after extensive renovations.
—A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2024
Give your kids their own space with this small, chic wooden playhouse.
—Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2024
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Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2024
By unflinchingly confronting the harsh realities of human vanity, hatred, and prejudice in his works, Shakespeare and his playhouse were able to foster a space for dialogue that Yachnin believes is sorely lacking in today’s polarized and fragmented media landscape.
—Karl Moore, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
One of the festival’s main venues is the Salzburg State Theater, a 700-seat playhouse whose jewel-box 19th-century, neo-Baroque auditorium, adorned with gold leaf and red velvet, recently reopened after extensive renovations.
—A.j. Goldmann, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2024
Give your kids their own space with this small, chic wooden playhouse.
—Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2024
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“Playhouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/playhouse. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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