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The theater currently seats 2,579 guests with 1,500 on the main floor and 1,100 on the three-level balcony, making it the largest of the three Hennepin Avenue theaters. [ 3 ] Productions that have originated at the Orpheum included Victor/Victoria and The 101 Dalmatians Musical , the pre-Broadway world premiere of The Lion King and the national ...
The McKnight Theatre was demolished in 2013 to make room for the new 1,093-seat Concert Hall, which opened on February 28, 2015. The Ordway opened to the public on January 1, 1985, as Ordway Music Theatre. The name was changed in 2000 to reflect the array of performing arts that take place under its roof.
The theatre seats 2,181. It opened in 1921 and was then considered the most technologically advanced and elaborate theatre in the United States. It was designed by the Chicago architect J.E.O. Pridmore in a free Italian Renaissance style and boasted the first well-driven air conditioning system in Minneapolis. The original stage floor was glass ...
The Orpheum Theatre originally seated 2,400 people. After renovations in the 1960s to add "The Stage Door" Theatre, only six feet of the original stage was left, and 700 seats were lost, making the capacity 1700. At the time, the Orpheum was part of the 20th Century Theaters chain. The Orpheum nearly burned down on December 19, 2004.
The Pantages Theatre is a historic theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota.The original building was a Beaux-Arts style twelve-story complex on Hennepin Avenue, designed by Kees & Colburn and operated by Alexander Pantages, a Greek immigrant who opened 500 theatres.
The theater was founded by John Clark Donahue along with John Burton Davidson, Shirley Diercks, Martha Pierce Boesing and Beth Leinerson. Jon Cranny served as the theater's second artistic director from 1984 [2] until 1997, when Peter C. Brosius became the theater's third artistic director alongside the theater's managing directors: Theresa Eyring (1999–2007), Gabriella Callichio (2007–11 ...
Buckeye Chuck participates in a daily wildlife program at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History in Cleveland, Ohio. Buckeye Chuck will predict the winter forecast on Groundhog Day on Feb. 2, 2025.
The Minneapolis Armory is a historic event center and former National Guard armory located in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. Built by the Public Works Administration in 1936, the building was occupied by several Army and Naval Militia units of the Minnesota National Guard from its opening until 1985. [ 4 ]