Citi Performing Arts Center
The Citi Performing Arts Center (formerly Wang Center for the Performing Arts) is located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It consists of two theatres, Wang Theatre and Shubert Theatre, both of which are neighbors, on Tremont Street, in Boston's Theatre District. The Center adopted its new name late in 2006, after signing a 15 year agreement with Citigroup.[1]
The center maintains partnerships with the Boston Lyric Opera and the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company.[1]
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[edit] Wang Theatre
The Wang Theatre was originally known as the Metropolitan Theatre when it opened in 1925. It was developed by Max Shoolman and designed by architect Clarence Blackall, with the assistance of Detroit theatre architect C. Howard Crane. It seats more than 3,600 people. In 1962 it became the home of the Boston Ballet and was renamed the Music Hall. During the 1960s and 1970s, audiences could see the Stuttgart Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, Bolshoi Ballet and Kirov Ballet as well as popular movies and performing artists. With time though, they could no longer attract the large touring companies because of the size of their stage as well as their outdated production facilities. Converted to a non-profit center in 1980 and renamed the Metropolitan Center, they were able to attract theatrical performances again. In 1983, Dr. An Wang made a very large donation and the Wang Center was born. From 1989 - 1992, $9.8 million was raised to restore the Theatre to "its glory days of the 1920s".[2] Boston based architecture firm Finegold Alexander + Associates Inc restored the theatre with Conrad Schmitt Studios performing the elegant decoration, gilded moldings, murals, scagliola and marbleized surfaces.
The lobby was used in the movie The Witches of Eastwick as part of the house in which Jack Nicholson's character lived.[3]
[edit] Shubert Theatre
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- Buildings and structures in Boston, Massachusetts
- Culture of Boston, Massachusetts
- Concert halls in the United States
- Theatres in Boston, Massachusetts
- Performing arts centers in Massachusetts
- Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Massachusetts
- Shubert Organization
- Boston Theatre District
- 2006 establishments in the United States
- 21st century in Boston, Massachusetts
