arena theater, theater in the round - a theater arranged with seats around at least three sides of the stage

ticket booth, ticket office, box office - the office where tickets of admission are sold

building, edifice - a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice"

movie house, movie theater, movie theatre, picture palace, cinema - a theater where films are shown

dress circle, circle - a curved section or tier of seats in a hall or theater or opera house; usually the first tier above the orchestra; "they had excellent seats in the dress circle"

dinner theater, dinner theatre - a theater at which dinner is included in the price of admission

dressing room - a room in which you can change clothes

greenroom - a backstage room in a theater where performers rest or have visitors

home theater, home theatre - television and video equipment designed to reproduce in the home the experience of being in a movie theater

little theater, little theatre - a small theater for experimental drama or collegiate or community groups

music hall, vaudeville theater, vaudeville theatre - a theater in which vaudeville is staged

opera house, opera - theater where opera is performed

orchestra - seating on the main floor in a theater

orchestra pit, pit - lowered area in front of a stage where an orchestra accompanies the performers

parquet - seating on the main floor between the orchestra and the parquet circle

parquet circle, parterre - seating at the rear of the main floor (beneath the balconies)

stage - a large platform on which people can stand and can be seen by an audience; "he clambered up onto the stage and got the actors to help him into the box"

standing room - room for spectators to stand only

theater stage, theatre stage - a stage in a theater on which actors can perform

tiered seats - seating that is arranged in sloping tiers so that spectators in the back can see over the heads of those in front

dramatic art, dramaturgy, theater, theatre, dramatics - the art of writing and producing plays

amphitheater, amphitheatre - a sloping gallery with seats for spectators (as in an operating room or theater)

closed-circuit television - a television system that is not used for broadcasting but is connected by cables to designated monitors (as in a factory or theater)

theater, theatre, house - a building where theatrical performances or motion-picture shows can be presented; "the house was full"

communicating, communication - the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information; "they could not act without official communication from Moscow"

stage - the theater as a profession (usually `the stage'); "an early movie simply showed a long kiss by two actors of the contemporary stage"

dramatic composition, dramatic work - a play for performance on the stage or television or in a movie etc.

dramatic irony - (theater) irony that occurs when the meaning of the situation is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play

chain - a number of similar establishments (stores or restaurants or banks or hotels or theaters) under one ownership

flies - (theater) the space over the stage (out of view of the audience) used to store scenery (drop curtains)

seat, place - a space reserved for sitting (as in a theater or on a train or airplane); "he booked their seats in advance"; "he sat in someone else's place"

booking clerk, ticket agent - someone who sells tickets (e.g., theater seats or travel accommodations)

playact, roleplay, act, play - perform on a stage or theater; "She acts in this play"; "He acted in `Julius Caesar'"; "I played in `A Christmas Carol'"

stooge - act as the stooge; "His role was to stooge for the popular comedian"

enter - come on stage

support - play a subordinate role to (another performer); "Olivier supported Gielgud beautifully in the second act"

star - be the star in a performance

appear - appear as a character on stage or appear in a play, etc.; "Gielgud appears briefly in this movie"; "She appeared in `Hamlet' on the London stage"

co-star - be the co-star in a performance

ham, ham it up, overact, overplay - exaggerate one's acting

underact, underplay - act (a role) with great restraint

upstage - at or toward the rear of the stage; "the dancers were directed to move upstage"

downstage - at or toward the front of the stage; "the actors moved further and further downstage"

armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"

theater of war, theatre of war - the entire land, sea, and air area that may become or is directly involved in war operations

region - a large indefinite location on the surface of the Earth; "penguins inhabit the polar regions"

combat area, combat zone - a military area where combat forces operate