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In 2006, due to rising rent in downtown Austin, theater owners took steps to hand the theater over to a non-profit group called the "Heroes of the Alamo" foundation, operating the theater as a cultural arts center. However, with the historic Ritz Theater on 6th Street offered as an alternative location, the original Alamo was closed. The final ...
The facility was designed to have four theatres, ranging in size from a 232-seat studio theatre to a grand theatre seating over 2,000. With the slowing economy in 2002–3, the Long Center Board of Trustees, major donors, community arts leaders, and staff began researching methods to decrease project costs.
In 1972, the 230-seat Kleberg Theatre was built, and in 1990 a 135-seat theatre-in-the-round called the Whisenhunt Theatre was added. In 2006, the city of Austin passed a bond issue which included $10 million to fund a new theatre for ZACH, resulting in the construction of the 420-seat Topfer Theatre in 2011.
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The Little Theatre Movement served to oppose Hollywood and the film industry; they dismissed Hollywood's mass production and creation of films to appeal to the largest possible audience. [31] The Little Theatre Movement's focus was on creating fine art, focused not on commercial purposes, but rather, on artistic, historical, or political content.
Mesmerizing Peter Frechette, center, plays many pivotal roles in "The Lehman Trilogy," a 3-and-a-half-hour drama at Zach Theatre. Here Frechette appears with Susan Lynskey and Nick Lawson.
The Metropolis Performing Arts Centre is a professional theatre company [1] [2] in Arlington Heights, Illinois, founded in 2000. [3] [4] They often have over 300 performances of more than 40 different productions with over 70,000 patrons each season. [5] [6] [7]
The theater opened under the name "The Majestic" on October 11, 1915, and hosted various vaudeville performers including the Marx Brothers. In 1930, the theater was purchased by Karl Hoblitzelle, who renamed it to the "Paramount Theatre" and added carpeting, upholstered seating, and the addition of a giant lighted blade sign reading "Paramount ...