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Alternative form of amphitheatred [Having an amphitheatre.]
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Having some of the characteristics of an amphitheatre.
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A large, outdoor performing venue typically used by bands and orchestras, with the roof protecting musicians from the elements and reflecting the sound towards the audience.
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(drama) A type of theater characterized by a lack of decoration or complex mechanisms, so named for how such theaters are often painted black.
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Alternative form of box office [(countable, film, theater) A place where tickets are sold in a theatre/theater or cinema.]
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The American theater industry.
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Resembling or characteristic of Broadway theatre.
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(historical, theater) A collection of venues throughout the eastern, southern, and upper Midwest areas of the United States where African-American performers were accepted despite racial segregation.
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By analogy to the proceeding three, a set of theaters among which the same acts circulate; especially common in the heyday of vaudeville.
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(theater, informal) The round of summer stock theater performances.
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A large theatre, cinema, or stadium.
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Alternative spelling of coliseum [A large theatre, cinema, or stadium.]
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(uncountable, chiefly US) A form of entertainment in the United States that combines a restaurant meal with a staged play or musical.
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(theater, colloquial) A town at which a play is performed for a less important audience to gauge the likelihood of general success.
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An outdoor theatre, suitable for concerts, stageplays, and the like; with a parking lot where patrons can drive into, to watch the show from their cars. These have become more common with the need for social distancing in the COVID-19 pandemic.
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(tourism) A location viewed as the venue for a public event.
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A member of the audience in the gallery of a theater.
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The occupants of the gallery of a theatre.
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The audience at a public event.
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(now historical) An upper box in a theatre.
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In a television studio, theatre or concert hall, the room where performers await their entrance.
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The audience for a live theatrical or similar performance.
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An exclusive box or seating region in older theaters and opera houses, having wider, softer, and more widely spaced seats than in the gallery.
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The largest performing space in a venue.
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The spatial arrangement of performers and props for a semistaged play, opera, oratorio, etc.
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(colloquial) To buy a ticket for a movie, see it and then go into another movie without getting another ticket.
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Alternative spelling of multitheater [Of or pertaining to more than one theater (place where dramatic works are performed).]
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(theater) A large town where theatrical performances may expect to achieve success.
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(theater) A small town where theatrical performances are unlikely to meet with much success.
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(theater) A somewhat small town, between a number one and a number three, where the success of a theatrical performance is unlikely to be very great.
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(often capitalized) In the New York City area, a small theater with fewer than 300 seats, or a production in such a theater, usually away from the "Broadway" theater district, which operates under special rules from the theatrical unions and permits mounting productions at a much lower cost.
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(often capitalized) A New York City area off-Broadway-style show, but not operating under the aegis of the theatrical unions. These are generally very low budget, with limited casts and even more limited production values, performed in unconventional, ad hoc spaces.
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(sometimes humorous) A theatrical production performed in spaces remote from Manhattan, but nonetheless in the greater New York City area, and which otherwise fits the description of an off-off-Broadway show.
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A theatre, or similar building, primarily used for staging opera.
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(slang) The upper gallery in a theatre.
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A kind of experimental theater in which the audience directly participates.
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Alternative form of paratheater [A kind of experimental theater in which the audience directly participates.]
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The date of a showing of a film.
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A venue for performing plays.
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A theater that does not produce its own repertoire but instead plays host to touring theatrical companies.
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A spectator in the gallery of a theatre.
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A location kept for display only.
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Alternative spelling of stagy [theatrical]
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A type of theatrical performance performed on the street or other public areas
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Alternative form of stud book [In livestock breeding, a written record of the genealogy of animals.]
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An arrangement of studs.
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A place or building, consisting of a stage and seating, in which an audience gathers to watch plays, musical performances, public ceremonies, and so on.
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Alternative form of theater-in-the-round [A theatre in the form of an arena, with seating on at least three of the four sides]
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(figuratively) A subject that is highly contentious; an area of conflict.
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A theatre in the form of an arena, with seating on at least three of the four sides
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Alternative form of theatrette. [A small theatre.]
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Part of the Manhattan borough in New York City, USA, where many theatres can be found.
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Alternative form of theater-in-the-round [A theatre in the form of an arena, with seating on at least three of the four sides]
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Alternative spelling of theater of war [The area in which armed conflict takes place.]
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Alternative form of theater-in-the-round [A theatre in the form of an arena, with seating on at least three of the four sides]
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