summer theater

noun

: a theater that presents several different plays or musicals during the summer

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Audiences and critics alike have fallen for the unexpected pairing, turning the show into one of the breakout hits of summer theater season. —

Gordon Cox, Variety, 23 July 2024 Their decades-long relationship dates back to the early 1980s, when Goldwyn was working at a summer theater camp and Musky was on the cusp of working on one of the biggest rom-coms in cinematic history, When Harry Met Sally. —

Emily Weaver, Peoplemag, 1 June 2024 Court Theatre is resident at the University of Chicago and dates back to an outdoor summer theater in the 1950s. —

Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023 Advertisement Things to do: Besides year-round beer tasting on Vista’s famed Hops Highway and summer theater at the Moonlight, guests can take an educational stroll through the Alta Vista Botanical Gardens. —

San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2023 See all Example Sentences for summer theater

Word History

First Known Use

1761, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of summer theater was in 1761

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“Summer theater.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/summer%20theater. Accessed 18 Dec. 2024.

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