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theatre
has definitions from the fields of performing arts,theater,military
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[ noun ] (performing arts) a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented
Examples "the house was full" Used in print (Musical America, LXXXI:5...)in his motherland ; in the spacious hunting_grounds of `` Uncle_Sam '' ; in the exciting salons of his lovely , brilliant Paris - mistress of gaiety - excess and abandon - world theatre of new found freedoms in tone , color , dance , design , and thought . (Kenneth Allsop, The Bootleggers and Their Era...)O_'_Banion tucked away his gun and walked out of the theatre ; he was neither prosecuted nor even arrested . (Robert E. Lane, The Liberties of Wit: Humanism, Critici...)Its truth is illustrated by the skill , sensitivity , and general expertise of the English_professor with whom one attends the theatre . |
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[ noun ] (theater) the art of writing and producing plays
Synonyms Used in print (Leo Lemon, "Catch Up With" and "Something to...)As Broadway itself becomes increasingly weighted_down by trite , heavy-handed , commercially successful musicals and inspirational problem dramas , the American theatre is going_through an inexorable renaissance in_that nebulous area known_as `` off-Broadway '' . Leaving the theatre after the performance , I had a flash of intuition that life , after_all ( as Rilke said ) , is just a search for the nonexistent cup of hot coffee , and that this unpretentious , moving , clever , bitter slice of life was the greatest thing to happen to the American theatre since Brooks_Atkinson retired . |
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[ noun ] (military) a region in which active military operations are in progress
Examples "the army was in the field awaiting action" "he served in the Vietnam theater for three years" Related terms |
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