playhouse n : plaything consisting of a small model of a house that children can play inside of [syn: wendy house]

English

Etymology

play + house

Noun

1. A theater; a venue for performing plays.

Playhouse is a common Elizabethan term for a theatre, especially those built in London such as The Globe.

It is also used as the name for theatres today:

• United Kingdom:
  • The Playhouse (Cheltenham)
  • Edinburgh Playhouse
  • Epsom Playhouse
  • Liverpool Playhouse
  • Nottingham Playhouse
  • Oxford Playhouse
  • Playhouse Theatre, London
• United States:
  • Pasadena Playhouse The state theatre of California
  • La Jolla Playhouse at the University of California
  • Westport Country Playhouse in Connecticut
• Canada
  • The Playhouse (Fredericton)
  • The Playhouse (Vancouver)
• Australia
  • The Playhouse Theatre (Perth)
  • The Playhouse, The Arts Centre (Melbourne)
  • The Playhouse Theatre (Hobart)

Playhouse can also refer to:

• The Playhouse (film), a 1921 film written and directed by Buster Keaton
• The Playhouse (radio show), a syndicated radio show based out of Portland, Oregon
• Pee-Wee's Playhouse, an American children's television show that ran from 1986 to 1991
• Playhouse Records, the label founded by Jim Copp and Ed Brown
• "Playhouses", a song by TV on the Radio from their 2006 album Return to Cookie Mountain

Elizabethan theater, Globe Theatre, Greek theater, amphitheater, arena theater, auditorium, cabaret, circle theater, club, concert hall, cubby, cubbyhole, doghouse, hall, hole, house, little theater, music hall, night spot, nightclub, opera, opera house, outdoor theater, pigeonhole, pinch, showboat, theater, theater-in-the-round, theatron, tight spot, tight squeeze