Showcase
Encyclopedia
A showcase, or vitrine, is a glassed-in cabinet
or display case
for displaying delicate or valuable articles such as objets d'art or merchandise in a shop
, museum
, or house
. Metaphorically, a showcase is a way of displaying something.
Showcase may also refer to:
Cabinet (furniture)
A cabinet is usually a box-shaped piece of furniture with doors or drawers for storing miscellaneous items. Some cabinets stand alone while others are built into a wall or are attached to it like a medicine cabinet. Cabinets are typically made of wood or, now increasingly, of synthetic...
or display case
Display case
A display case is a cabinet with one or often more transparent glass sides and/or top, used to display objects for viewing, for example in an exhibition, museum, house, in retail, or a restaurant. Often labels are included with the displayed objects, providing information...
for displaying delicate or valuable articles such as objets d'art or merchandise in a shop
Retailing
Retail consists of the sale of physical goods or merchandise from a fixed location, such as a department store, boutique or kiosk, or by mail, in small or individual lots for direct consumption by the purchaser. Retailing may include subordinated services, such as delivery. Purchasers may be...
, museum
Museum
A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...
, or house
House
A house is a building or structure that has the ability to be occupied for dwelling by human beings or other creatures. The term house includes many kinds of different dwellings ranging from rudimentary huts of nomadic tribes to free standing individual structures...
. Metaphorically, a showcase is a way of displaying something.
Showcase may also refer to:
Television
- "The Showcase", the final round of the CBS daytime game show The Price Is Right
- Showcase (TV channel), a Canadian cable television network
- Showcase DivaShowcase DivaShowcase Diva is a Canadian English language Category B specialty channel owned by Shaw Media. The channel airs programs aimed toward women in the form of films and dramatic television series.-Noted series:*About a Girl*Blue Murder*Bones...
- Showcase Diva
- Showcase, an Australian TV channel, part of Showtime AustraliaShowtime AustraliaFor the American service, see ShowtimeShowtime Movie Channels is an Australian pay-TV movie service, available on the Foxtel, Optus and Austar TV platforms, the service consists of five original channels , three HD simulcasts For the American service, see ShowtimeShowtime Movie Channels is an...
- Showcase, a multiplex channel of the Showtime television network in the U.S.
- Showcase TVShowcase TVShowcase TV was a television channel in the United Kingdom that replaced AnimeCentral on 27 August 2008. It showed a mixture of different content from other CSC Media Group channels such as Pop Girl, Chart Show TV, True Movies 2 and had retained some AnimeCentral programming, in its own block...
, a defunct satellite channel in the United Kingdom - Showcase (Information TV), a current satellite channel in the United Kingdom
- TVNZ Showcase, the arts and drama service on TVNZ 6
- Variety showVariety showA variety show, also known as variety arts or variety entertainment, is an entertainment made up of a variety of acts, especially musical performances and sketch comedy, and normally introduced by a compère or host. Other types of acts include magic, animal and circus acts, acrobatics, juggling...
, entertainment medium showcasing a variety of acts
Film and theater
- Showcase CinemasShowcase CinemasShowcase Cinemas is a movie theater chain owned and operated by National Amusements. Operating more than 1,354 indoor screens in the United States, United Kingdom and Latin America.-USA:* Connecticut* Massachusetts* Ohio* New Jersey* Rhode Island...
, a chain of cinemas - Showcase, another name for an auditionAuditionAn audition is a sample performance by an actor, singer, musician, dancer or other performing artist.Audition may also refer to:* The sense of hearing* Adobe Audition, audio editing software...
Other
- Showcase (comics)Showcase (comics)Showcase has been the title of several comic anthology series published by DC Comics. The general theme of these series has been to feature new and minor characters as a way to gauge reader interest in them, without the difficulty and risk of featuring "untested" characters in their own ongoing...
, a comic book series published by DC Comics - Showcase (retailer)Showcase (retailer)Showcase is a Canadian retail company specializing in “As Seen on TV” products typically sold on television infomercials. There are 61 locations in major malls across Canada as well as a e-commerce portal that sells to U.S. and Canadian consumers...
, Canadian retailer of "the best of as-seen-on-TV and more" - Showcase, another name for an anthologyAnthologyAn anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...
- A reggae album with vocal tracks followed by dubs or instrumentals, including an album from Black UhuruBlack UhuruBlack Uhuru are a Jamaican reggae group formed in 1972, initially as Uhuru . The group has undergone several line-up changes over the years, with Duckie Simpson always maintaining group control and ownership...