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Music Hall Prepped For its Next 70 Years
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A $13.4 million renovation of the Music Hall is about to begin with completion in February, 2007. The Music Hall opened in 1935 with its art deco fixtures and styling. With the renovation the stage will be 15 feet deeper and much infrastructure will get modernized. "The theater's 2,400 seats will be replaced with slightly wider chairs and then realigned for better audience sight lines." The city will use the old seats elsewhere including the City Council's meeting chambers. Renovation design is being done by Helix Architecture + Design, Kansas City and Holzman Moss Architecture, New York.
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2006-07-28
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Newspaper Article
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Music Hall Shake-Up In Works
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The league paragraph of the story states: "Theater League, a nonprofit organization that has presented Broadway musicals and plays for 30 years, could be ousted from the Music Hall and replaced by a company that presents Broadway shows across North America." The group being considered is called Live Nation and if approved by the City Council would be the new tenant beginning with the 2007-2008 season. The $14 million dollar renovation of Music Hall will be complete by then. Live Nation is also allied with Starlight Theatre.
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2006-06-10
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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All the World's a Stage? Not Here
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The closing of both the Music Hall and Midland Theater for renovation in 2006 will create a shortage of performance spaces for local arts groups. Local organizations such as the ballet and Harriman series are scrambling to find venues for productions.
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2005-11-05
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Newspaper Article
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Kansas City's Dream of a Temple of Music
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Illustration and article about the planned music hall (later built as part of Municipal Auditorium in the 1930s), showing designs "by Courtlandt Van Brunt, architect associated with A. H. Buckley."
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1923-08-05
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Arts Groups Lack Stage Directions for Future
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If built, the performing arts center could have a big impact on existing downtown performance venues. Industry experts say that the arts community needs to think about how "older theaters will coexist with a behemoth just blocks away at 16th and Broadway".
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2004-09-10
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Newspaper Article
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Bartle Hall Chief Takes an Unconventional Approach
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The executive director of Kansas City's Convention and Entertainment Center is 51-year-old Oscar McGaskey. He oversees Bartle Hall, Municipal Auditorium Arena and the Music Hall. McGaskey had previously been at the Dallas Convention Center for 10 years. Article details his impact on his current position.
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Date
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2005-12-09
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Theater League Makes Return Engagement to KC
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Description
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Theater League "is a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, community-based performing arts organization dedicated to the development of professional theater." Founded in 1976 by Mark Edelman, the group brought Broadway shows to the Kansas City Music Hall until 2007, when it was outbid on productions by Broadway Across America. With the opening of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Theater League has been able to return to presenting shows to Kansas City audiences.
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2012-01-05
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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A Natural-Born Theater Man
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Description
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The Theater League, directed by founder and president Mark Edelman, brought musicals and plays to Kansas City from 1977 until 2007. From 1977 to 198,1 performances took place at the Lyric Theater, then the Midland Theater, and finally the Music Hall. In 2007 the City Council chose Live Nation over the League as exclusive presenter at the Hall. Article also contains biographical information about Edelman.
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Date
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2007-08-12
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
