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The $4 million restoration took less than nine months, and on July 9, 1982, the Ohio Theatre became the first Playhouse Square theater to reopen, with 1,000 seats, playing Shakespeare's As You Like It. The 1964 fire had so badly damaged the lobby that funding and time allowed for only a simple, contemporary design for the space in 1982.
The KeyBank State Theatre is a theater located at 1519 Euclid Avenue in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. [1] It is one of the theaters that make up Playhouse Square.It was designed by the noted theater architect Thomas W. Lamb and was built in 1921 by Marcus Loew to be the flagship of the Ohio branch of the Loew's Theatres company.
The theater underwent its third name change from RKO Theatre to Palace Theatre during its ten year restoration. After restoration, Palace Theatre was the second largest theatre in Playhouse Square. Tickets to the grand reopening varied from $1000 to $65, though the high price did not prevent them from selling out.
Playhouse Square is a theater district in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. [2] It is the largest performing arts center in the US outside of New York City (only Lincoln Center is larger). [3] Constructed in a span of 19 months in the early 1920s, the theaters became a major entertainment hub for the city for much of the 20th century.
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Restoration comedy is English comedy written and performed in the Restoration period of 1660–1710. Comedy of manners is used as a synonym for this. [ 1 ] After public stage performances were banned for 18 years by the Puritan regime, reopening of the theatres in 1660 marked a renaissance of English drama . [ 2 ]
The Hanna Theatre is a theater at Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is one of the original five venues built in the district, opening on March 28, 1921. [ 1 ] The Hanna Theatre reopened in 2008 as the new home of Great Lakes Theater Festival after a major renovation by the classic theater company.
Karamu House in the Fairfax neighborhood on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio, United States, is the oldest producing Black Theatre in the United States opening in 1915. [2] Many of Langston Hughes's plays were developed and premiered at the theater. [3]