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Recent Examples of theater-in-the-round
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.
—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
This theater-in-the-round entertainment venue will offer performances and show effects spread throughout the room.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2023
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
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
This theater-in-the-round entertainment venue will offer performances and show effects spread throughout the room.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2023
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
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The playhouse was unable to produce the festival this year, citing budget issues and other reasons.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2025
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The buzz and the packed playhouses set Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? up for a film version next.—
John Tamny,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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Steer clear of windows and avoid large open spaces like cafeterias, gymnasiums, or auditoriums.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Mar. 2025
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The Harold Washington Library Center opened in 1991, and its auditorium now bears Pritzker’s name, as does a park across the street.—
Bob Goldsborough,
Chicago Tribune,
16 Mar. 2025
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The Otis Redding Center for the Arts is a state-of-the-art, 15,000 square-foot facility housing seven creative labs, five private lesson rooms, an amphitheater and the O3 Recording Studio.—
Gail Mitchell,
Billboard,
13 Mar. 2025
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That massive, ancient, slightly crumbling but still standing amphitheater in Rome?—
Popular Science Team,
Popular Science,
12 Mar. 2025
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Released in theaters on Nov. 20, 2024, Wicked made its home entertainment debut on digital streaming on Dec. 31.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes,
15 Mar. 2025
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With global sales lagging too, the film won’t be able to reach profitability in theaters.—
J. Kim Murphy,
Variety,
15 Mar. 2025
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Readers are treated to a variety of gardens: from the English country garden of Emma Burns in Oxforshire to the paradise Veere Grenney created in Tangier, from the terrace garden of Timothy Whealon in New York’s Gramercy Park to the tropical escape of Michelle Nussbaumer in Mexico.—
Blue Carreon,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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The image of the Hadids in Pennsylvania is not a new one: Gigi and Bella are horse girls, transplanted from the canyons of Malibu to the pastures of Bucks County, digging in the herb garden or swatting mosquitoes on Instagram Live.—
Chloe Schama,
Vogue,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There are a handful of moments where synthesized washes burble and soar, the net effect of arena lights splashing onto a crowd of thousands.—
Mosi Reeves,
Rolling Stone,
17 Mar. 2025
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Anderson, who is dyslexic, did not have the patience or the attention span for traditional academics, and his earliest arena for artistic expression was in drama.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
17 Mar. 2025
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And so in early 1982, the first Oscar Nominees Luncheon took place in the grand ballroom of the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills.—
Zach Schonfeld,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
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On Tuesday, Netflix held a packed press conference in the frescoed ballroom of Rome’s central Hotel Plaza, which was also used to film one of the show’s key scenes.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
25 Feb. 2025
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Aykroyd also founded the House of Blues chain of restaurants and live music halls in honor of his former Blues Brother.—
Lynsey Eidell,
People.com,
5 Mar. 2025
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In April, the music hall will be showing 1924’s Peter Pan.—
Heather Kathryn Ross,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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