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View synonyms for playgoer

playgoer

[ pley-goh-er ]

noun

  1. a person who attends the theater often or habitually.


playgoer

/ ˈpleɪˌɡəʊə /

noun

  1. a person who goes to theatre performances, esp frequently
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of playgoer1

First recorded in 1815–25; play + goer
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Example Sentences

Some of the works he championed upset critics and playgoers unused to nontraditional productions, but he was unapologetic.

When hundreds of playgoers lined up outside Wyndham’s Theater in London this week, the mood was excited.

On the evening of April 14, 1865, playgoers settled into their seats at Ford’s Theater in Washington to see a production of the comedy “Our American Cousin.”

The narrow, dimly lit saloon attracted actors, stagehands, and playgoers from Ford’s Theatre next door.

But I’ve rarely heard an audience as attentive as the Almeida’s was when Hainsworth’s guttural sorrow gave way to a startlingly vivid suicide, from which several playgoers around me visibly recoiled.

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