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The theatre was twinned in 1972 and renamed as Westmount Cinemas. [7] The theatre moved inside the mall with the opening of the four-screen Famous Players theatre on November 8, 1985. [ 8 ] In 2005, Cineplex Galaxy sold the theatre to Empire Theatres before it finally closed on February 27, 2011. [ 9 ]
The theatre has been the workplace of three gay Artistic Directors, [1] and has staged many productions written by queer playwrights. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? written by the gay playwright [ 2 ] Edward Albee was the first production put on by The Citadel Theatre in 1965, three years after the play's Broadway debut in 1962.
In January 2010, theatre reviewer Pollstar revealed that the Northern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium was the busiest theatre in Canada, selling 146,555 tickets in 2009, beating its twin, the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium in Calgary (138,515 tickets) and Toronto’s Massey Hall (93,742 tickets). [4]
The Citadel Theatre is the major theatre-arts venue in Edmonton, the capital city of Alberta, Canada. This is a chronological list of the productions staged there since its opening night on November 10, 1965.
Three more locations were formerly branded as SilverCity: the West Edmonton Mall location was rebranded on May 2, 2007, [4] while Ottawa and Winnipeg were rebranded in the summer of 2016. [5] Three Scotiabank Theatre locations premiered the Barco Escape premium large format in Canada on July 22, 2016. [6] [7]
Veteran stage actor Julien Arnold, 60, died during a performance of "A Christmas Carol," at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Roxy Theatre, also known as The Roxy, is a live-action performance theatre located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It was originally designated as a movie theatre, but was eventually converted into a live-action performance venue. The original theatre opened on October 13, 1938 [1] and was destroyed by a fire on January 13, 2015. [2]
Cineplex Inc. (formerly Cineplex Entertainment and Cineplex Galaxy) is a Canadian operator of movie theater and family entertainment centers, headquartered in Toronto.It is the largest cinema chain in Canada; as of 2019, it operated 165 locations, and accounted for 75% of the domestic box office.