Playhouse

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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:
  • Old Town Playhouse in Traverse City, Michigan
  • 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:

• A small house in which children can play, similar to a children's treehouse.
• 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