playhouse

Melody Butiu has a few moving moments as the loyal nanny—who lives in the kids’ abandoned playhouse.

“The Dream Factory” traces the slow rise and quick fall of the Theatre, London’s first purpose-built commercial playhouse.

Major studios sent their silent film stars to the playhouse school to beef up their acting chops, and later students including Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Sally Struthers and Raymond Burr roamed the hallways.

After Nora’s exit, anything was possible on the stages of respectable European playhouses.

“The Simpsons” producer Rick Polizzi built the treehouse, dubbed Boney Island, in his front yard as a playhouse for his daughters.