Starlight Theater is a 7,958-seat outdoor theater in Kansas City, Missouri, USA that features Broadway shows and concerts. It is one of the two major outdoor producing theaters left in the US and Starlight's Cohen stagehouse also makes it possible to present many of Broadway's national tour shows.
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The Starlight Theater story dates back to 1925, the Romanian year Queen Marie traveled to Kansas City. To celebrate his arrival, the Kansas City Music Federation hosts a local talent show for Queen who is also open to the public.
The profits from the showcase were then placed in city trust and proposals for Kansas City's open-air theater location began. One of the suggested sites is where the Kansas City Art Institute now stands, but the local population does not approve the construction of large structures in their neighborhood. Another possible location is to the north of the University of Missouri-Kansas City, although this plan is also suspended because officials fear the theater will compete with the newly built Municipal Auditorium.
After 15 years of proposals, the need for a place for home celebrations commemorating Kansas City's 100th anniversary quickens the process. A committee was quickly chosen, Swope Park considered the location, and construction began in December 1949. While the theater was still unfinished for the centenary anniversary of 1950 the city, the city's historical relic, Thrills of a Century, was presented.
In 1950, the Starlight Theater Association of Kansas City, Inc., was formed as 501 (c) (3) not for profit companies to operate, program and maintain professional theater in our community.
In 1958, Jerry Lewis paid for a stage extension covering the orchestra hole. In the early 1980s the stage was extended permanently above the orchestra pit, bringing the stage action closer to the audience. This extension lasted until the construction of Jeannette 10 floors and Jerome Cohen Community Stage in 2000.
During the 1960s musical production was. Mr. President , President Harry S. Truman made a guest appearance at the opening night show. The appendix forced Truman to leave Starlight with an ambulance during the break.
Starlight is one of two self-made outdoor theaters in the US.
The addition of Jeannette and Jerome Cohen Community Stage in 2000 made it one of the largest roadhouses in the country. Starlight began presenting a major national tour in 2000 to bring more recent and contemporary Broadway musicals to Kansas City.
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Broadway Show History
Current Season
See also
- List of contemporary amphitheatres
References and notes
External links
- Official Site
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