arena theater

noun

1. a theater with seats arranged on at least three sides around a central stage.

Word History and Origins

Origin of arena theater¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

This year, the Radiohead frontman will finally wrap up his years-long tour behind the ambient, electronic-leaning album with several arena, theater and festival dates that kick off with an arena performance in Fairfax.

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He acted in small roles at the Arena Theater in Washington and at Georgetown directed “Noon,” by Terrence McNally, and “Senior Prom,” a musical he wrote with Bill Bremer.

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“She had a dual devotion to the Arena Theater and to N.Y.U. Tisch, and to her, one part couldn’t exist without the other,” said Laurence Maslon, the associate chairman of the graduate acting program at Tisch and the author of a history of Arena that was published in 2000.

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In 2013, the arena, theater and convention center together generated nearly $38 million in operating revenue and attracted more than 1.9 million visitors, according to village officials.

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After leaving the Kennedy Center in 1974, he had a number of postings, including as interim chief of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and executive director of the Studio Arena Theater in Buffalo before he returned to Washington in 1990.

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