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Marcus Majestic Cinema [22] 1996 [22] 14304 West Maple Road [22] This was opened in 1996 by the Douglas Theatre Company as a 20-screen complex called the 20 Grand. [22] In 2013 it was remodeled, reduced to 19 screens, and renamed the Marcus Majestic Cinema. [22] Omaha Community Playhouse [15] 1924 [23] 758 on two stages [23] 6915 Cass Street [23]
On March 26, 2008, it was announced that Marcus Theatres of Milwaukee, Wisconsin would buy seven Douglas Theatres, along with the name for $40.5 million. Cinema Center and Q-Cinema 9 in Omaha would continue to be owned by Douglas Theatres, and set close before summer, and Cinema Center would be set to close between October 2008 and February 2009.
The Orpheum Theater is a theater located in Omaha, Nebraska. The theater hosts programs best served by a more theatrical setting, including the Omaha Performing Arts Broadway Season, presented with Broadway Across America, and Opera Omaha's season. The theatre is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The main auditorium is a ...
Through its network of presenting partners, BAA presents touring Broadway shows, family productions, and other live shows in over 40 North American venues. In 2008, Broadway Across America and its subsidiary Broadway Across Canada sold over 6.4 million tickets throughout its 40 theatres in the United States and Canada. [3]
It reopened as a movie theater in 1962 with a new name, the Astro Theatre, run by Dubinsky Brothers and with a reduced capacity of 1,465. [5] It continued operations until June 1980. [ 7 ] In 1974 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places and in October 1980 it was listed as an Omaha landmark .
Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.It is a loose adaptation of the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which in turn is based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation.
Others were located in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Cuba, and Japan. Of the ten theaters designed for Cinerama, three near-identical "Super-Cineramas" were built in Denver (Cooper Theater) (1961), Minneapolis (Cooper Theater) (1961), and Omaha (Indian Hills Theater) (1962). Only three (3) theaters remain that are configured to show Cinerama.
A crowd of over 10,000 attended the opening with shows at 2:00 pm, 4:20 pm, 6:45 pm and 9:15 pm. [7] Prices for the grand opening were 50 cents for unreserved seats, and 75 cents with a reservation. [6] In February 1935 the World Theater was sold and the new management renamed it the Omaha Theater. [1] It closed on February 26, 1978.