Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... Teenage characters in musical theatre (27 P) W. Characters in Wicked (12 P)
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; Wikidata item; ... Boston Theater District (47 P) F. Former theatres in Boston (1 C, 46 P)
The Lyric Stage Company of Boston is the oldest professional theatre company in Boston. [1] Founded in 1974, the non-profit theatre is located in the YWCA building at 140 Clarendon Street . It produces six plays and musicals each season and is known for its Stephen Sondheim musical productions.
Plays were banned in Boston by the Puritans until 1792. [5] [6] Boston's first theater opened in 1793. [7] [8] In 1900, the Boston Theater District had 31 theaters, with 50,000 seats. [6] In the 1940s, the city had over 50 theaters. [2] Since the 1970s, developers have renovated old theaters. [2]
The Wang Theatre is a theatre in Boston. It originally opened in 1925 as the Metropolitan Theatre and was later renamed the Music Hall. It was designed by Clarence Blackall and is located at 252–272 Tremont Street in the Boston Theatre District. The theatre is operated as part of the Boch Center. [2]
The theatre is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. [12] The company built and operates the Stanford Calderwood Pavilion at the Boston Center for the Arts, located at 527 Tremont Street. It houses the 360 seat Virginia Wimberly Theatre, the Nancy and Edward Roberts Studio Theatre, Carol G. Deane Hall, and Nicholas Martin Hall. [13]
This is a list of Broadway shows with 1,000 or more performances, sorted by number of performances. Eleven shows currently running on Broadway have at least 1,000 performances: the 1996 revival of Chicago , The Lion King , Wicked , The Book of Mormon , Aladdin , Hamilton , Harry Potter and the Cursed Child , Hadestown , Moulin Rouge! , Six ...
Cats is a sung-through musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.It is based on the 1939 poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot.The musical tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make the "Jellicle choice" by deciding which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life.