Synonyms:
theater, theatre, house
Meaning: a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full"
Synonyms:
dramaturgy, dramatic_art, dramatics, theater, theatre
Meaning: the art of writing and producing plays
Usage examples
The theater had always a great attraction for Dickens.
He has a dollar; will he go to the theater or buy ten dishes of ice-cream?
When we reached the door of the theater, the streets were shining with rain.
April 14, assassinated in Ford's Theater, Washington, by a mad actor, Wilkes Booth.
Does he enjoy music, the theater, or the cheaper attractions of Coney Island and the Bowery?
I called at the Raleigh Block for Lena on Saturday evening, and we walked down to the theater.
Some of his early experiences of this kind he has told in the adventures of Nicholas Nickleby at Mr. Crummles's theater.
In my time they used to go on the same day to the promenade, to the assembly, to the theater, to the ball--But how long your nose is!
Trap the first, at Mr. Huxtable's house; trap the second, at all the hotels; trap the third, at the railway station; trap the fourth, at the theater.
When I visited the site of the Globe Theater and found thereon a brewery, whose shares are warranted to make the owner rich beyond the dream of avarice, I was depressed.