in the theater 在剧院工作
例句:
She is been in the theater all her life.她一辈子搞戏剧。
In the theater of celebrity tragedy,each play has three acts.
在上演名流悲剧的戏院里,每一出戏都有三幕.
at the theater在剧院看演出
例句:
Before he left Germany,a Jewish friend had given Christophe tickets for a box atthe theater.
在他离开德国之前,一个犹太朋友曾经给了克利斯朵夫几张戏院的包厢票子.
He testified that he was at the theater at the time of the murder.
他作证声称凶杀案发生时自己正在剧院
都可以,如果在歌剧院是in the theater 如果表示看歌剧,就用at the theater