Théâtre Mogador

Coordinates: 48°52′31″N 2°19′52″E / 48.87528°N 2.33111°E / 48.87528; 2.33111
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Théâtre Mogador
Map
Address25, Rue de Mogador
LocationParis
Coordinates48°52′31″N 2°19′52″E / 48.87528°N 2.33111°E / 48.87528; 2.33111
OwnerStage Entertainment
Capacity1,800
Construction
Opened1913
Renovated1983
ArchitectBertie Crewe and Édouard Niermans
Website
www.theatremogador.com

Théâtre Mogador, founded in 1913 with design by Bertie Crewe, is a Parisian music hall theatre located at 25, Rue de Mogador in the 9th arrondissement. It seats 1,600 people on three tiers.

History

In 1913 financier Sir

Franklin Delano Roosevelt.[1][2][3]

Théâtre Mogador's auditorium housing 1,600 seats (orchestra: 787 seats, boxes: 432 seats, balconies: 381 seats)

From 1920 it was a Cine-variety; it gained fame with the performances of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, as well as with the Thés Mogador – performances of operettas and plays in the afternoon. Until the seventies, Théâtre Mogador was mainly used for performances of operettas, including Mistinguett. Marcel Merkès was a regular performer here from the late 1940s to the mid-1970s. An extensive renovation restored the building to new splendour in 1983.

In 2005, it was purchased by the Stage Entertainment group (then called the "Stage Holding - The Theatre Group"). The theatre hosted the nineteenth Molière Awards (French theatre awards, known locally as the Nuit des Molières) on 9 May that year. It had previously hosted the awards' sixteenth and seventeenth editions on 1 April 2002 and 12 May 2003, respectively.

On 26 September 2016, a fire damaged several parts of the theatre, including the stage and props that would be used in the French-language production of The Phantom of the Opera.[4] Because of this, the show's French premiere was indefinitely postponed.

Notable productions

See also

References

  1. ^ (in French) Découvrez le Théâtre Mogador.
  2. ^ (in French) Théâtre Mogador à Paris.
  3. ^ (in French) Le théâtre Mogador fêtera ses 100 ans le 21 avril 2019 !
  4. ^ "Fire Delays Paris Premiere of The Phantom of the Opera".
  5. ^ "Musical Avenue" (in French).
  6. ^ "The Phantom of the Opera to open in Paris | Really Useful Group". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-02-22.
  7. ^ "Compte-rendu : dans les coulisses de "Chicago – Le musical" à Mogador". Musical Avenue (in French). Retrieved 7 September 2018.
  8. ^ ""Ghost" au Théâtre Mogador pour la rentrée 2019 !". Musical Avenue (in French). Retrieved 19 March 2019.

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