Playhouse

Playhouse

"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"
* A type of children's play equipment


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