Amphitheaters and pavillions
Theater type Performing Arts Center/Touring Broadway Road House
Project type Renovation and Restoration
Completed January 1995
Total project cost $17 million
Seat count 1,600 to 2,084
Architect Ellerbe Becket Architects – Los Angeles
Theater consultant Theatre Projects Consultants
Owners representative Gordon Davidson, Founding Artistic Director/Producer of the Center Theatre Group
Website taperahmanson.com
Venue name
Place, Country (State) | Month YYYY
A $17 million renovation of the Ahmanson Theatre brought the venue’s balcony and mezzanine closer to the stage, lowered the ceiling and reduced the width of the auditorium, making the theater as suitable for intimate stage plays as it is for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera and other mega-musicals. The major renovation was designed to enhance the theater’s acoustics, improve sightlines and allow for more flexible seating arrangements. As a result of the reconfiguration, the Ahmanson can now be instantly transformed from a 2,084-seat theater to a cozier 1,600-seat venue.
Venue name
Place, Country (State) | Month YYYY
A $17 million renovation of the Ahmanson Theatre brought the venue’s balcony and mezzanine closer to the stage, lowered the ceiling and reduced the width of the auditorium, making the theater as suitable for intimate stage plays as it is for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera and other mega-musicals. The major renovation was designed to enhance the theater’s acoustics, improve sightlines and allow for more flexible seating arrangements. As a result of the reconfiguration, the Ahmanson can now be instantly transformed from a 2,084-seat theater to a cozier 1,600-seat venue.
“Acoustically, the hall is a natural marvel. You would expect that from a theater carefully designed to glorify the unamplified human voice.”
Theater Type Performing Arts Center
Project Type Renovation and Restoration
Location Denver, Colorado
Completion September 2005
Total Project Cost $92 million
Seat Count 2,268
Architect Semple Brown Design
Theater Consultant Public Assembly Consultants, Inc.
Owner’s Representative Rodney Smith, General Manager of the Denver Performing Arts Complex
Theater Type: Performing Arts Center/ Specialty Broadcast/Touring Broadway Road House
Project Type: New Construction
Total Project Cost: $615 million
Seat Count: 3,500
Architects: The Rockwell Group, Altoon & Porter and Ehrenkrantz Eckstut & Kuhn
Theater Consultant: Theatre Projects Consultants
Owner’s Representative: Doug Curtis, TrizecHahn
Website kodaktheatre.com
Venue name
Place, Country (State) | Month YYYY
A $17 million renovation of the Ahmanson Theatre brought the venue’s balcony and mezzanine closer to the stage, lowered the ceiling and reduced the width of the auditorium, making the theater as suitable for intimate stage plays as it is for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera and other mega-musicals. The major renovation was designed to enhance the theater’s acoustics, improve sightlines and allow for more flexible seating arrangements. As a result of the reconfiguration, the Ahmanson can now be instantly transformed from a 2,084-seat theater to a cozier 1,600-seat venue.
“The Kodak Theatre has succeeded from the start, winning a prestigious award for great acoustics and design and filling up with 207 bookings last year, including concert dates by Paul McCartney and Barbra Streisand.”
Venue name
Place, Country (State) | Month YYYY
A $17 million renovation of the Ahmanson Theatre brought the venue’s balcony and mezzanine closer to the stage, lowered the ceiling and reduced the width of the auditorium, making the theater as suitable for intimate stage plays as it is for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera and other mega-musicals. The major renovation was designed to enhance the theater’s acoustics, improve sightlines and allow for more flexible seating arrangements. As a result of the reconfiguration, the Ahmanson can now be instantly transformed from a 2,084-seat theater to a cozier 1,600-seat venue.
Theater Type: Performing Arts Center
Project Type: Renovation and Restoration
Location: Culver City, California
Completion: September 2004
Total Project Cost: $12 million
Seat Count: 300
Architect: Steven Ehrlich Architects
Theater Consultant: Theatre Projects Consultants
Owner’s Representative: Anthony Byrnes, Center Theatre Group Associate Producer
“There’s just something magical about a theater this size, where even the seats in the last row are terrific. [Such a venue] makes the theater-going experience even more of a communal event.”
Theater Type: Performing Arts Center
Project Type: Renovation and Restoration
Location: Seattle, Washington
Completion: March 1999
Seat Count: 900 (Great Hall); 300 (black box cabaret)
Owner’s Representative: David Brewster, Town Hall Seattle Founder and former Executive Director
Web Site: www.townhallseattle.org
Venue name
Place, Country (State) | Month YYYY
A $17 million renovation of the Ahmanson Theatre brought the venue’s balcony and mezzanine closer to the stage, lowered the ceiling and reduced the width of the auditorium, making the theater as suitable for intimate stage plays as it is for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom of the Opera and other mega-musicals. The major renovation was designed to enhance the theater’s acoustics, improve sightlines and allow for more flexible seating arrangements. As a result of the reconfiguration, the Ahmanson can now be instantly transformed from a 2,084-seat theater to a cozier 1,600-seat venue.
“The stately acoustics of Seattle’s Town Hall provide a perfect setting for a singular musical experience that is both stimulating and contemplative”
Other academic facilities
Armstrong Hall at Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa
Boe Chapel, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
Christiansen Hall of Music Renovations, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
Community College of Aurora, Aurora, CO
Concordia University, Weller Hall, Seward, NE
Dalton Theatre Renovation, Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, MI
Dittman Center for Art and Dance, St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota
Herb Alpert Educational Village, Santa Monica, California*
John and Dede Howard Music Building, Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, MI
Kenneth King Academic and Performing Arts Cente, Denver, Colorado
Kent Denver School, Denver, Colorado
Lakewood Cultural Center, Lakewood Colorado
Mesa State College, Moss Performing Arts Center,
Grand Junction, CO
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Arvada Center Expansion (Phase III) Arvada, Colorado | Month YYYY
Colorado Ballet Denver, Colorado | Month YYYY
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center Colorado Springs, Colorado | Month YYYY
Dittman Center for Art and Dance St. Olaf College, Northfield, Minnesota | Month YYYY
Flint Barn Centerville, Delaware | Month YYYY
Ivy Substation Culver City, CA | Month YYYY
Kenneth King Academic and Performing Arts Center Denver, Colorado | Month YYYY
New World Symphony Sound Space Miami Beach, FL* | Month YYYY
Playwrights’ Center Minneapolis, Minnesota | Month YYYY
Royce Auditorium Grand Rapids, MI | Month YYYY
University of Southern California Bing Theatre Los Angeles, California | Month YYYY
World Trade Center Performing Arts Complex New York, New York* | Month YYYY