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The Fulton Theatre was renovated in the early 1870s by noted theatrical architect Edwin Forrest Durang. By 1996, the theatre had been renovated again, with a new 560-seat main stage, practice rooms, and recital stage. [13] It is one of only two theatres recognized as National Historic Landmarks (the other is the Walnut Street Theatre in ...
A number of theatre companies, such as Seattle Children’s Theatre, Imagination Stage, and the Minneapolis Children’s Theatre Company, have been working to create and produce plays and musicals for young audiences that are more intelligent and diverse. [5] Recent work has explored themes that include parental abuse (e.g.
The Wilma Theater is a non-profit theater company located at 265 S. Broad Street at the corner of Spruce Street in the Avenue of the Arts area of Center City, Philadelphia. The company's current 296-seat theater opened in 1996 and was designed by Hugh Hardy. [1]
The National Actors Theatre (NAT) was a theatre company founded in 1991 by actor Tony Randall, who served as the company's chairman. Randall stated he had long dreamed of creating such an organization. The company was originally housed at the Belasco Theatre, New York, but then moved to the nearby Lyceum Theatre, and in 2002 was based in the ...
The TLA during the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020. The theatre opened in 1908 as the "Crystal Palace," seating nearly 700. [4] In 1927, the venue became a concert hall. In 1941, Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corporation took over management of the venue converting it into a movie theatre. [5]
Trocadero newspaper advertisement in The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 4, 1909. The theater, designed by architect Edwin Forrest Durang, then modified several times, was added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1973, and to the National Register of Historic Places five years later.
Hedgerow Theatre is a theatre company founded in 1923. It is based in Rose Valley, Pennsylvania, United States near Philadelphia. It was "for many years the only true U. S. professional repertory theater." [1] The building is a contributing structure in the Rose Valley Historic District listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [2]
From 1976 to 1978, the company performed in the Center for the Performing Arts in Chester Springs, Pennsylvania, to gain more seating. [1] Their first production in Chester Springs was Mother Courage and Her Children by Bertolt Brecht. [2] They moved to Malvern, Pennsylvania, in 1979. [1] The theatre company performed tours at prisons until ...