theatergoer

or the·a·tre·go·er

[ thee-uh-ter-goh-er, theeuh- ]

/ ˈθi ə tərˌgoʊ ər, ˈθiə- /

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noun

a person who goes to the theater, especially often or habitually.

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Origin of theatergoer

First recorded in 1870–75; theater + goer

Words nearby theatergoer

Arbitration, The, thearchy, Art of Love, The, theat., theater, theatergoer, theater-in-the-round, theater of cruelty, theater of operations, theater of the absurd, theater of war

How to use theatergoer in a sentence

Now it’s hoped many of those new theatergoers will come back to see the classic play “Our Town” by Thornton Wilder.
Support the arts: See ‘Our Town’ at Shakespeare Theatre|Peter Rosenstein|January 20, 2022|Washington Blade
For all of these companies, an arduous season of coaxing theatergoers back lies ahead.
Albert Einstein and Marian Anderson were good friends. But a new play at Ford’s Theatre only scratches the surface.|Peter Marks|October 7, 2021|Washington Post
As a magnet for tourism, too, the city will be host to theatergoers from other parts of the country and the world.
Broadway to require vaccinations and masks as theaters reopen|Peter Marks|July 30, 2021|Washington Post
A project by 600 Highwaymen’s Abigail Browde and Michael Silverstone that started over telephones, this encounter takes place at a table with a plexiglass partition on a bare stage, with you and another theatergoer you’ve never met.
Ann Dowd, the twisted Aunt Lydia of ‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ beguiles in a new take on Ibsen’s ‘Enemy of the People’|Peter Marks|July 1, 2021|Washington Post

For show-starved theatergoers, nothing beats a live performance.
1st Stage offering virtual roundtable discussions|Patrick Folliard|October 24, 2020|Washington Blade
As one theatergoer puts it, "This is the year Vivian Blaine finally wins her Tony."
New York’s Greatest Show Or How They Did Not Screw Up ‘Guys and Dolls’|Ross Wetzsteon|April 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
I hated the stage before I came to London, but during the last few months no one has been a more assiduous theatergoer.
The Hillman|E. Phillips Oppenheim
Ask some veteran theatergoer "What was Booth like as Hamlet?"
Seeing Things at Night|Heywood Broun
As a piece of acting, this was worth the attention of every theatergoer.
Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905|Various
Although their humor is often biting, their theatrical style seems rather ordinary and traditional to a Western theatergoer.
Area Handbook for Bulgaria|Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole