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 Two of Dolly Parton’s movies are returning to theaters following her death. — Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026 Shot over 12 years, Richard Linklater’s Oscar-winning ‘Boyhood’ returns to theaters for its 12th anniversary. — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 Dark movie theaters, or creepy home basements, are the classic venues of choice for those who love supernatural scares. — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 26 Aug. 2026 So begins the latest trailer for writer-director Aaron Sorkin‘s The Social Reckoning, which hits theaters October 9 — more than a decade and a half after the Best Picture Oscar-nominated The Social Network. — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 26 Aug. 2026 That would be $12-15,000 in ticket sales (based on 2026 average ticket prices), enough to be in the top three per-screen averages for most theaters nationally. — Daren Smith, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2026 The showdown will hit theaters on July 9, 2027, but Gunn has kept fans up to date on social media in the meantime. — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026 For Cline, Day Drinker will test whether her huge online following and all those fans who’ve spent the past six years watching her survive shipwrecks and shootouts on Netflix are ready to follow her onto dry land and into movie theaters. — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026 Screenings over the next few weeks at both theaters are either sold out or nearly so. — Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026

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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
The town is full of vintage pieces such as playhouses and a Little Tikes Tuggy Boat Sandbox like the one Hoban had as a kid.

— Saleen Martin, USA Today, 20 July 2026

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The theater was squarely in the exhibition vanguard then, designed and equipped as a boutique-size 750-seat alternative to the massive Balaban & Katz auditoriums of the day.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2026
Regal Cinemas, for example, has 4DX auditoriums with multisensory enhancements that bring the film world into the real world with full-body immersion synced up with the on-screen action.

— Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

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Those restrictions formally sunset in 2022, but so far only Sony has done a major deal for cinemas, acquiring all 35 Alamo Drafthouse locations in 2024.

— Sarah Whitten, CNBC, 28 Aug. 2026
On Wednesday, NewsCord — a news comparison and media monitoring platform — started a campaign urging cinemas around the world to refuse to screen the film, emailing major chains with the request on behalf of those who register.

— Alex Ritman, Variety, 28 Aug. 2026