Thesaurus results for THEATERS

theaters

noun

variants or theatres

plural of theater

as in playhouses

a building or part of a building where movies are shown there's still one theater in town that shows independent films

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as in auditoriums

a large room or building for enclosed public gatherings the lecturer waited until the theater was full before beginning

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Recent Examples of theaters Think theaters, cinemas, museums, galleries, restaurants, cafés, parks, and more. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Oct. 2026 The techniques were refined between the wars by the French, British, German, and Spanish armed forces, and during the Second World War, tens of thousands of casualties were flown across the European and Pacific theaters. — New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026 Before the plague broke out in 1592, business was booming for London’s theaters. — Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2026 Releasing movies in theaters was never part of the Netflix business model. — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026 As power diffuses across the international system, Washington will be neither willing nor able to oversee all the world’s main strategic theaters. — Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 19 Oct. 2026 Before, the streamer would shove films into limited theaters to qualify for the Oscars, a strategy that doubled as an in-theater advertisement for the service. — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026 Now, 31 years later, a new movie adaptation, starring Daisy Edgar-Jones, Esmé Creed-Miles, Caitríona Balfe, George MacKay, Herbert Nordrum, and Fiona Shaw has arrived in theaters in appropriately high style. — Reshma Gopaldas, IndieWire, 19 Oct. 2026 The movie will play in theaters for 49 days before hitting the streaming service on April 2. — Hilary Lewis, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2026

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Collectors and parents began sending Hoban photos of their own childhood playhouses, helping identify rare models, missing accessories and even how certain sets originally looked.

— Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 2 Sep. 2026
Her Mame years kicked off with a national tour in 1965, followed by summer engagements, bus & truck tours and stops in Las Vegas, playhouses and dinner theaters.

— Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 23 July 2026

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No, Rome was not built in a day, but it was built at breathtaking speed, its temples, amphitheaters, and aqueducts rising with the help of a magical blend of volcanic ash and lime.

— Sara Herschander, Vox, 15 Oct. 2026
Live Nation agreed to let the Lumineers play in the amphitheaters, but only if I was not involved.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Sep. 2026