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  2. Marquee (structure) - Wikipedia

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    A marquee outside The Anthem advertises a sold-out Bon Iver concert. The current usage of the modern English word marquee, that in US English refers specifically to a canopy projecting over the main entrance of a theater, which displays details of the entertainment or performers, was documented in the academic journal American Speech in 1926: "Marquee, the front door or main entrance of the ...

  3. Parts of a theatre - Wikipedia

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    Arena: A large open door with seating capacity for very large groups.Seating layouts are typically similar to the theatre in the round, or proscenium (though the stage will not have a proscenium arch.

  4. Movie theater - Wikipedia

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    In some movie theater complexes, the theaters are arranged such that tickets are checked at the entrance into the entire plaza, rather than before each theater. At a theater with a sold-out show there is often an additional ticket check, to make sure that everybody with a ticket for that show can find a seat.

  5. Theater (structure) - Wikipedia

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    An opera production of Ihitai 'Avei'a – Star Navigator at a 'block box' events centre in Auckland, New Zealand Backstage area of the Vienna State Opera. A theater building or structure contains spaces for an event or performance to take place, usually called the stage, and also spaces for the audience, theater staff, performers and crew before and after the event.

  6. Movie palace - Wikipedia

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    The Uptown Theatre in Chicago. A movie palace (or picture palace in the United Kingdom) is a large, elaborately decorated movie theater built from the 1910s to the 1940s. The late 1920s saw the peak of the movie palace, with hundreds opening every year between 1925 and 1930.

  7. Multiplex (movie theater) - Wikipedia

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    Taylor opened dual-screen theaters in 1962 in Place Ville Marie in Montreal, Quebec, and at Yorkdale Plaza in Toronto, Ontario, in 1964. Also in late 1947, but in Havana, Cuba, the Duplex movie theater was built to share the vestibule and ancillary facilities with the previously existing Rex Cinema (open since 1938); they were both designed by ...

  8. Empire Theatre (42nd Street) - Wikipedia

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    In 1998, the building was relocated 168 feet (51 m) west of its original location to serve as the entrance to the AMC Empire 25, a multiplex operated by AMC Theatres, which opened in April 2000. The facade of the Empire Theatre is made of terracotta and is square in shape, with relatively little ornamentation compared to other theaters of the time.

  9. Warner Theatre (Washington, D.C.) - Wikipedia

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    This is the Army first premiered at the theatre in 1943. The theatre in 2024 The theatre's kiosk in 2020. The Warner Theatre was originally developed by Aaron and Julian Brylawski in 1922.