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[citation needed] In December 1985, the ASF moved to Montgomery, as the result of Mr. and Mrs. Winton Blount's $21.5-million gift of a performing-arts complex set in a 250-acre (1-km²) landscaped park, the Winton M. Blount Cultural Park. The Carolyn Blount Theatre houses the 792-seat Festival Stage [2] and the 225-seat Octagon Theatre. [3]
The $10.4-million project saw the addition of a 1,200-seat theatre to an existing historic building dating to 1921, which previously served as a school, city hall, police station, and city jail. [2] Located in the Oxford's downtown commercial district, the venue was designed by Goodwyn, Mills, and Cawood Architects of Montgomery, Alabama.
The Garrett Coliseum is a 12,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Montgomery, Alabama, United States. The arena is the centerpiece of the Alabama Agricultural Center, home to the Alabama National Fair. It was built in 1951 and named after W. W. Garrett, the first chairman of the Alabama Agricultural Board. [1]
The Wurlitzer theatre organ. When the Alabama Theatre was built in 1927, films were silent and required musical accompaniment, typically provided by an orchestra or theater pipe organ. The Alabama's organ is a Crawford Special-Publix One Mighty Wurlitzer. Only 17 products of this model were built, and the Alabama's organ, nicknamed Big Bertha ...
Pages in category "Theatres in Alabama" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. ... Birmingham Children's Theatre; C. Crescent Theater
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In addition to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Folmar and his wife Anita P. Folmar were great private and public supporters of many of the cultural activities in the city, notably the Montgomery Symphony Orchestra, the Montgomery Ballet, the Alabama Dance Theater. The Art Council of Montgomery named its Children's Art Gallery in Anita's honor ...