Stamford Center for the Arts
Address | 61 Atlantic Street (Palace) 307 Atlantic Street (Rich) Stamford, Connecticut United States |
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Coordinates | 41°03′04″N 73°32′24″W / 41.0511686°N 73.5400128°W |
Capacity | Palace: 1,580 Truglia: 757 |
Current use | concert hall (Palace) television studio (Rich) |
Construction | |
Opened | 1927 (Palace) 1992 (Rich) |
Architect | Thomas W. Lamb (Palace) |
Tenants | |
NBCUniversal (Rich) | |
Website | |
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The Palace Theatre in downtown Stamford, Connecticut, United States, comprises two facilities on Atlantic Street: the restored Palace Theatre, and the Rich Forum, both within four blocks of each other:
Performance and other facilities
- Palace Theatre at 61 Atlantic, with 1,580 seats, was originally a Thomas W. Lamb designed vaudeville house, which opened in 1927. It was restored and re-opened in 1983 for live theatre, concerts and art exhibitions. A recently completed multi-phase improvement project has provided the Palace Theatre with an enlarged stage, new dressing rooms, new technical-support facilities, and improved services.
- Rich Forum opened in 1992 at 307 Atlantic. It includes:
- Truglia Theatre, a conventional proscenium theatre with 757 seats.
- Leonhardt Studio, a black box theatre, for more intimate performance events.
- Mercede Promenade, the main lobby and reception area.
- Rossi Salon on the upper level has a panoramic view of downtown Stamford.
- Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Gallery overlooks the Mercede Promenade.
- The Rich Forum is alternately branded as the Stamford Media Center, with operational control held by in the past.
Both the Rich Forum and Palace Theatre seasons include performances by
The theaters have presented such performers as
Television studios
In March 2009, it was announced that