Last Night a few(75) of the membership(5,000) of Al Malaikah Shrine voted to sell the East parking lot of the Shrine Auditorium to USC( University of Southern California). The Board said this had to be done to save the Aud. for at least 5 years. The new event centers in LA have created a lot of competition and booking are down.
The board said that USC will still give us access to the back doors and we will pay the prevailing rate for the 250 parking spaces we now have. They went on to say the money is needed to fix many items like a new fireproof curtain for the stage.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Can This happen to the Los Angeles Shrine Aud.?
Classic theater’s
space-lift
By BARBARA HOFFMAN
Posted: 3:02 AM,
October 24, 2011
The neo-Moorish auditorium on
West 55th Street was built by the Shriners in 1923 and dedicated 20 years
later, by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, as “the people’s theater” -- home to
first-rate dance and theater, rotten sightlines and worse-than-economy-class
seating.
But that was so $56.6 million
ago.
Tomorrow night, Mayor Bloomberg will bring the baton down on the gala opening of a newly
renovated jewel. Not only have the hall’s best features been restored and
repainted, but even audience members in the balcony will finally be able to sit
back and see the stage.
CHAIR-ITABLE MAKEOVER: A
renovation has given City Center on West 55th Street fewer -- but wider --
seats and better sightlines.
“One of the things we wanted to
accomplish with this renovation was to create a physical space that’s on par
with the level of artistry you see on our stage, and I believe we’ve succeeded
in that,” said Arlene Shuler, City Center’s president and CEO.
“Now, not only can you see the
best in dance and musical theater at City Center, but you can do so in comfort
-- in a beautiful theater with 21st-century amenities.”
On West 55th Street, midway
between Sixth and Seventh avenues, City Center wasn’t easy to find. It had no
marquee, and, given the building’s landmark status, didn’t seem likely to get
one. Finally, the firm renovating the building discovered a loophole: a tiny
notation in the 1923 structure’s blueprint citing “anchors for a future
marquise [sic].”
“We assumed they weren’t
planning to hang French nobility,” quipped Duncan Hazard, a partner at Ennead
Architects. The new marquee goes up today.
But the most dramatic
improvement, as those who’ve suffered through the otherwise glorious “Encores!”
series and “Fall for Dance Festival” will tell you, is the seats: There are now
500 fewer of them -- but the new ones are up to 5 inches wider than the ones
they’ve replaced.
Classic theater’s space-lift
‘New’ City Center
Last Updated: 8:20 AM, October 24, 2011
Posted: 3:02 AM, October 24, 2011
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For years, airlines have bragged about increased legroom -- and now City Center can, too.
The neo-Moorish auditorium on West 55th Street was built by the Shriners in 1923 and dedicated 20 years later, by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia, as “the people’s theater” -- home to first-rate dance and theater, rotten sightlines and worse-than-economy-class seating.
But that was so $56.6 million ago.
Tomorrow night, Mayor Bloomberg will bring the baton down on the gala opening of a newly renovated jewel. Not only have the hall’s best features been restored and repainted, but even audience members in the balcony will finally be able to sit back and see the stage.
“One of the things we wanted to accomplish with this renovation was to create a physical space that’s on par with the level of artistry you see on our stage, and I believe we’ve succeeded in that,” said Arlene Shuler, City Center’s president and CEO.
“Now, not only can you see the best in dance and musical theater at City Center, but you can do so in comfort -- in a beautiful theater with 21st-century amenities.”
On West 55th Street, midway between Sixth and Seventh avenues, City Center wasn’t easy to find. It had no marquee, and, given the building’s landmark status, didn’t seem likely to get one. Finally, the firm renovating the building discovered a loophole: a tiny notation in the 1923 structure’s blueprint citing “anchors for a future marquise [sic].”
“We assumed they weren’t planning to hang French nobility,” quipped Duncan Hazard, a partner at Ennead Architects. The new marquee goes up today.
But the most dramatic improvement, as those who’ve suffered through the otherwise glorious “Encores!” series and “Fall for Dance Festival” will tell you, is the seats: There are now 500 fewer of them -- but the new ones are up to 5 inches wider than the ones they’ve replaced.
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
The Masonic Map
Have taken a look at the new movie the Masonic Map brother by Joseph James. Take a look at the preview at http://www.themasonicmap.com/index.html you can also buy the video there more information can be found at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1929407/
Joseph has a new movie Hillbilly Hwy. next year.
Joseph has a new movie Hillbilly Hwy. next year.
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