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Coordinates: 39°45′40″N 84°11′36″W / 39.76111°N 84.19333°W / 39.76111; -84.19333
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Schuster Performing Arts Center
The Wintergarden Lobby
Map
Full nameBenjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center
Address1 West Second Street
LocationDayton, Ohio
Coordinates39°45′40″N 84°11′36″W / 39.76111°N 84.19333°W / 39.76111; -84.19333
OwnerVictoria Theatre Association/Arts Center Foundation
TypePerforming arts center
CapacityMead Theatre: 2,300
Mathile Theatre: 150
Construction
Built2000-2003
Opened2003
ArchitectCésar Pelli
Tenants
Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Dayton Opera, Dayton Ballet
Website
www.schustercenter.org
One of several restored Rike Kumler (Rike's) department store animated Christmas window displays, on exhibit at the Fifth Third Bank-sponsored “Wintergarden Wonderland” within the Benjamin and Marian Schuster Performing Arts Center, on the former site of main Rike Kumler (Rike's) department store, Dayton, Ohio, taken December 8, 2013.

The Schuster Performing Arts Center is located in Dayton, Ohio and was built in 2003 to serve as Dayton's principal center of the lively arts. It is owned and operated by the Victoria Theatre Association and occupies the former site of Rike's department store.[1][2] The Center opened an additional venue to house the Association's larger touring Broadway productions and presentations. The Dayton Philharmonic, the Dayton Opera, and the Dayton Ballet rent the building for their performances. The Schuster Center and the Metropolitan Arts Center, occupying the former Metropolitan department store building next to the Victoria Theatre, stage a variety of performances of any size and form the basis of the performing arts district in downtown Dayton.

The Schuster Center comprises restaurants, a large Winter Garden, a 15-story office and residential tower, and a blackbox theater and rehearsal space.

Schuster Center Exterior

Architect César Pelli, in designing the center's 2,300 seat Mead Theatre, included a fiber-optically illuminated domed ceiling depicting the Dayton sky as it appeared on the eve of the Wright Brothers’ first flight - December 16, 1903.[3][4] The Winter Garden houses exotic palm trees and a café with a large glass and steel wall that looks out onto downtown Dayton.

Since its opening, the Schuster Center has hosted a number of top musical shows, including Wicked, Jersey Boys, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Beauty and the Beast.

References

  1. ^ Florence, Russell, Jr. (February 10, 2020). "'The Color Purple' coming to Dayton stage this week". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved March 10, 2020.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Moss, Meredith (November 27, 2019). "Designer gives iconic Rike's display a makeover: 'I loved those windows!'". Dayton Daily News. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
  3. ^ Crosbie, Michael J. (2005). Curtain Walls: Recent Developments by Cesar Pelli & Associates. Walter de Gruyter p. 72. ISBN 978-3-7643-7654-3.
  4. ^ Gelfand, Janelle (February 24, 2017). "About your new Cincinnati Symphony and Pops seats". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved March 10, 2020.


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