as in theatre
a building or part of a building where movies are shown
they're renovating the old playhouse and adding extra screens
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Perhaps because of such storylines, the early modern playhouse acquired a reputation as a site of gender nonconformity for performers and audience members alike.
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Will Tosh, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
Rebuilding the large wood playhouse with its own little deck cost another $10,000.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
Willard’s enthusiasm is shared by the thousands of visitors a year who wander the park’s untamed valleys, a geological playhouse unlike any other park in the nation.
—Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2024
By unflinchingly confronting the harsh realities of human vanity, hatred, and prejudice in his works, Shakespeare and his playhouse were able to foster a space for dialogue that Yachnin believes is sorely lacking in today’s polarized and fragmented media landscape.
—Karl Moore, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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Will Tosh, TIME, 11 Oct. 2024
Rebuilding the large wood playhouse with its own little deck cost another $10,000.
—Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2024
Willard’s enthusiasm is shared by the thousands of visitors a year who wander the park’s untamed valleys, a geological playhouse unlike any other park in the nation.
—Carrie Dennis, Travel + Leisure, 6 Oct. 2024
By unflinchingly confronting the harsh realities of human vanity, hatred, and prejudice in his works, Shakespeare and his playhouse were able to foster a space for dialogue that Yachnin believes is sorely lacking in today’s polarized and fragmented media landscape.
—Karl Moore, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
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