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a theater, concert hall, or the like, in which seats are arranged around or on all four sides of a central stage.

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

His surprise marriage to theater director Sophie Hunter may have broken hearts, but the squeals of delight were even louder.
All Your Internet Boyfriends Are Taken: Gosling, Cumberbatch, and now Joseph Gordon-Levitt|Melissa Leon|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Her mother had a musical theater background, so Malone grew up backstage, watching productions come to fruition.
Jena Malone’s Long, Strange Trip From Homelessness to Hollywood Stardom|Marlow Stern|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Now hackers are threatening to bomb any theater that shows it.
Six Must-Read Stories About the Sony Hacks, Congo’s Forgotten Colonial Getaway and Another Woman’s Story of U-VA|The Daily Beast|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Think Afghanistan and pieces of all the countries that surround it, including and especially Iran.
ISIS Targets Afghanistan Just as the U.S. Quits|Sami Yousafzai, Christopher Dickey|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Regal Entertainment Group is the biggest and most geographically diverse theater company in the country.
The Right-Wing Billionaire Who Bowed to North Korea over ‘The Interview’|Asawin Suebsaeng|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And this was all done in the story of Lazarus in such a way that it might surround every grave with illusions for centuries.
Solomon and Solomonic Literature|Moncure Daniel Conway
By 1740, he was far enough removed from the theater to have a slightly different perspective on language.
A Letter from Mr. Cibber to Mr. Pope|Colley Cibber
They surround themselves with the atmosphere of the demi-monde and forget that a wrinkle is as fatal as a chaperon.
Ancestors|Gertrude Atherton
Thus, twenty-nine years later, this theater was donated to Williamsburg to be used as a town hall.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey
Although many British actors and musicians were participants in this theater, it often suffered from financial stress.
Hallowed Heritage: The Life of Virginia|Dorothy M. Torpey