Professorial types, please note: In this post, I'll follow the New York Times style book and use the spelling ending in -er for the word "theater," except where the actual name of the organization uses the -re ending as per this excerpt from the Wikipedia article, "American and British English spelling differences: "Theater is the prevailing American spelling and is used by America's national theater as well as major American newspapers such as the New York Times (theater section) to refer to both the dramatic arts as well as to buildings where performances take place; yet theatre is also current (especially in the Northeastern United States), witness Broadway and The New Yorker. Some places in the United States have "Centre" [3] )in their names (i.e. Rockville Centre, New York), named both before and after spelling reform, and there are very occasional uses of "Center" in the UK.[citation needed]. For British accoutre(ment), US practice varies: Merriam-Webster favours the -re spelling,[33] American Heritage the -er spelling.[34]"