Performing arts in Detroit
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The performing arts in Detroit include
New Center areas. Some additional venues are located in neighborhood areas of the city.[2][3] Many of the city's significant historic theaters have been revitalized.[3][4][5][6]
History
Detroit has a long theatrical history, with many venues dating back to the 1920s.Fisher Theatre, the Detroit Opera House, and several theaters in other major cities on the Broadway theatre circuit. Organizations such as the Mosaic Youth Theatre support the city's theater community.[11]
During the late 1980s the great old
Gem Theatre and Century Theatre were moved (off their foundation) to a new address across from the Music Hall Center in order to construct Comerica Park. Detroit's 1,571-seat Redford Theatre (1928), with its Japanese motifs, is home to the Motor City Theatre Organ Society (MCTOS).[12][13]
Along with
New Center area anchored by the 2,089-seat Fisher Theatre.[2]
The city has some surviving historic theaters which have been converted to other uses while others await redevelopment.
Michigan Theatre.[18]
Detroit's performance centers and theaters emanate from the
New Center.[2] The Detroit Opera House is located at Broadway and Grand Circus. The east necklace of downtown links Grand Circus and the stadium area to Greektown along Broadway.[2] The east necklace contains a sub-district sometimes called the Harmonie Park District in the Broadway Avenue Historic District which has taken on the renowned legacy of Detroit's music from the 1930s through the 1950s and into the present.[19] Near the Opera House, and emanating from Grand Circus along the east necklace, are other venues including the Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts and the Gem Theatre and Century Club. The historic Harmonie Club and Harmonie Centre are located along Broadway. The Harmonie Park area ends near Gratiot and Randolph.[2]
Performing arts venues
Name | Image | Built | Location | Capacity | Organization | Style | Architect |
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Fox Theatre
|
1928 | 2211 Woodward Ave. 42°20′18″N 83°3′9″W / 42.33833°N 83.05250°W |
5,174 | Olympia Entertainment | Burmese, Chinese
|
C. Howard Crane | |
Detroit Masonic Temple Theatre | 1922 | 500 Temple Ave. 42°20′30″N 83°3′37″W / 42.34167°N 83.06028°W |
4,404 | Olympia Entertainment | Neo-Gothic
|
George D. Mason | |
Bert's Warehouse Theatre | 2739 Russell St. | 3,000 | Bert's Entertainment | Bohemian warehouse | |||
Detroit Opera House | 1922 | 1526 Broadway St. | 2,700 | Michigan Opera Theater, Nederlander |
Italian Renaissance | C. Howard Crane | |
The Fillmore Detroit | 1925 | 2115 Woodward Ave. 42°20′16″N 83°3′7″W / 42.33778°N 83.05194°W |
2,200 | Live Nation
|
Neo-Renaissance
|
C. Howard Crane | |
Fisher Theatre | 1927 | 3011 West Grand Blvd. 42°22′8.5″N 83°4′36.92″W / 42.369028°N 83.0769222°W |
2,089 | Nederlander | Art Deco | Albert Kahn | |
Orchestra Hall[20]
|
1919 | 3711 Woodward Ave. 42°20′55″N 83°3′33″W / 42.34861°N 83.05917°W |
2,014 | Detroit Symphony Orchestra | Neo-Renaissance
|
C. Howard Crane | |
Harpos Concert Theatre | 1939 | 1315 Broadway St. | 1,975 | Wisper & Wetsman | Art moderne
|
Charles N. Agree | |
MotorCity Casino Theatre | 2007 | 2901 Grand River Ave. | 1,800 | Novelty, Modern | Giffels Inc., NORR Limited | ||
Wilson Theatre | 1928 | 350 Madison Ave. 42°20′14″N 83°2′46″W / 42.33722°N 83.04611°W |
1,700 | Kresge Foundation
|
facade,
Spanish Renaissance |
William E. Kapp, Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
| |
Redford Theatre | 1928 | 17354 Lahser Ave. 42°25′2″N 83°15′27″W / 42.41722°N 83.25750°W |
1,571 | Motor City Theater Organ Society | Exotic Revival, Japanese motifs | Ralph F. Shreive with Verner, Wilheim, and Molby[13] | |
Majestic Theatre
|
1915 | 4140 Woodward Ave. 42°21′11″N 83°03′37″W / 42.35301°N 83.06031°W |
1,260 | Art Deco | C. Howard Crane | ||
Riverfront 4 Movie Theatres | 1978 | Renaissance Center 42°19′44.38″N 83°2′22.95″W / 42.3289944°N 83.0397083°W |
1,250 | Modern | Skidmore, Owings and Merrill
| ||
Greektown Casino Theatre
|
2009 | 555 East Lafayette St. | 1,200 | Novelty, Modern | Rossetti | ||
MGM Grand Detroit Theatre | 2007 | 1777 Third St. | 1,200 | MGM Mirage
|
Modern | SmithGroupJJR
| |
Bonstelle Theatre | 1903 | 3424 Woodward Ave. 42°20′46″N 83°3′25″W / 42.34611°N 83.05694°W |
1,173 | Wayne State University | Neoclassical | Albert Kahn, C. Howard Crane | |
Detroit Film Theatre
|
1927 | 5201 Woodward Ave. 42°21′31″N 83°3′57″W / 42.35861°N 83.06583°W |
1,150 | Detroit Institute of Arts | Neo-Renaissance
|
Paul Philippe Cret | |
Senate Theater | 1926 | 6424 Michigan Ave. 42°19′52.57″N 83°7′22.02″W / 42.3312694°N 83.1227833°W |
900 | Detroit Theater Organ Society | Art Deco | Christian W. Brandt | |
Hilberry Theatre
|
1916 | 4743 Cass Ave. | 532 | Wayne State University | Neoclassical | Field, Hinchman and Smith
| |
City Theatre | 2004 | 2301 Woodward Ave. | 500 | Olympia Entertainment | |||
Gem Theatre | 1927 | 333 Madison St. 42°20′15″N 83°2′47″W / 42.33750°N 83.04639°W |
450 | Italian Renaissance | George D. Mason | ||
Century Theatre | 1903 | 333 Madison St. 42°20′15″N 83°2′47″W / 42.33750°N 83.04639°W |
250 | Italian Renaissance | George D. Mason | ||
Chrysler IMAX Dome Theatre | 2001 | 5020 John R. St. | 230 | Detroit Science Center
|
Postmodern | BEI Associates, Neumann/Smith, William Kessler Associates | |
Detroit Repertory Theatre | 1963 | 13103 Woodrow Wilson St. | 194 | Detroit Repertory Theatre | |||
The Players | 1925 | 3321 East Jefferson Ave. | The Players Club | Arts and Crafts, Art Deco murals.
|
William E. Kapp, Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
| ||
Bohemian National Home | 1914 | 3009 Tillman St. | |||||
Studio Theatre | 112 | Wayne State University | Black box
|
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Boll Family YMCA Theatre | 1401 Broadway St. | YMCA, Plowshares Theatre Company |
Modern |
Historic venues awaiting restoration
Name | Image | Built | Location | Capacity | Organization | Style | Architect |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Theatre[14] (inactive) |
1911 | 118 Monroe St. 42°19′58″N 83°2′45″W / 42.33278°N 83.04583°W |
800 | Phoenix Properties LLC | Baroque-Beaux Arts-Moorish | Albert Kahn | |
United Artists Theatre Building (inactive) |
1928 | 150 Bagley St. | 2,070 | Ilitch Holdings | Spanish Gothic | C. Howard Crane | |
Vanity Ballroom (inactive) |
1929 | 1024 Newport St. | 2,000 | Art Deco | Charles N. Agree | ||
Grande Ballroom (inactive) |
1928 | 8952 Grand River Ave. | 1,500 | Art Deco, Moorish Revival | Charles N. Agree | ||
Alger Theater (inactive) |
1935 | 16541 East Warren Avenue |
1,500 | Friends of the Alger Theater[21][22] | Art Deco |
See also
References
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Detroit is home to the second largest theatre district in the United States.
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- ^ Hodges, Michael H. (September 8, 2003). "Fox Theater's Rebirth Ushered in City's Renewal". Michigan History. The Detroit News. Archived from the original on December 5, 2012. Retrieved November 23, 2007.
- ^ Marzejka, Laurie J. (January 25, 1998). "Detroit's Historic Fox Theatre". Michigan History. The Detroit News. Archived from the original on January 21, 2013. Retrieved July 9, 2009.
- ^ "James M. Nederlander biography". Film Reference. Archived from the original on April 15, 2015. Retrieved August 17, 2008.
- ^ "Mosaic Youth Theatre". Archived from the original on April 18, 2009. Retrieved July 8, 2009.
- ^ AIA Detroit Urban Priorities Committee (January 10, 2006). "Top 10 Detroit Interiors". Model D Media. Archived from the original on July 23, 2008. Retrieved November 23, 2007.
- ^ a b "Redford Theatre Building". Michigan State Historic Preservation Office. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2008.
- ^ a b "National Theatre". Buildings of Detroit. Archived from the original on December 13, 2009. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
- ^ Hyde, Charles (May–June 1991). "Demolition by Neglect: The Failure to Save the Monroe Block" (PDF). Michigan History Magazine. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 14, 2008. Retrieved January 20, 2008.
- ^ a b "The Hollywood Theatre, Detroit, MI". The Detroit News. March 17, 1963. Archived from the original on February 8, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2008 – via StevenBall.com.
- ^ "Hooray for Hollywood". Journal of the American Theatre Organ Society. November–December 1998. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved January 14, 2008 – via StevenBall.com.
- ^ Aldridge, Henry B. (September–October 1998). "The Michigan Theatre Celebrates Twenty-Five Years of Organ Overtures". Journal of the American Theatre Organ Society. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007. Retrieved January 14, 2008 – via StevenBall.com.
- ^ "Harmonie Park District". Archived from the original on May 9, 2015. Retrieved January 31, 2010.
- ^ "Orchestra Hall restoration" (PDF). Michigan State Historic Preservation Office. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 21, 2007. Retrieved December 10, 2007.
- ^ "algertheater". algertheater.org. Archived from the original on March 4, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
- ^ "Alger Theater". Buildings of Detroit. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011. Retrieved July 16, 2009.
Further reading
- Cantor, George (2005). Detroit: An Insiders Guide to Michigan. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-03092-2.
- Eisenstein, Paul (February 1997). "Relighting the Footlights: The Detroit Opera House Renovation Recaptures the Golden Age of the American stage". Popular Mechanics.
- Hauser, Michael & Weldon, Marianne (2006). Downtown Detroit's Movie Palaces. Images of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-4102-8.
- Meyer, Katherine Mattingly; McElroy, Martin C.P. (1980). Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition. Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1651-4.
- ISBN 0-8143-3270-6.
- Sobocinski, Melanie Grunow (2005). Detroit and Rome: Building on the Past. Ann Arbor: Regents of the University of Michigan. ISBN 0-933691-09-2.