| 词条 | Colonial Theatre (Boston) |
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| name = Colonial Theatre | image = 2009 ColonialTheatre Boston 4122063381.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = The Colonial Theatre, Boston, 2009 | image_map = | map_caption = | pushpin_map = | pushpin_map_caption= | address = 106 Boylston Street | city = Boston, Massachusetts | country = United States | designation = | architect = | owner = Emerson College | tenant = | operator = Ambassador Theatre Group | capacity = 1,700 | type = | opened = {{Start date|1900|12|20}} | reopened = | yearsactive = | rebuilt = 1960, 1995 | closed = | demolished = | othernames = | production = | currentuse = | website = {{URL|http://www.emersoncolonialtheatre.com}} }} The Colonial Theatre, opened in 1900, is the oldest continually-operating theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is located at 106 Boylston Street on Boston Common at the former site of the Boston Public Library. It is a pending Boston Landmark. HistoryThe Colonial Theatre was designed by the architectural firm of Clarence Blackall and paid for by Frederick Lothrop Ames, Jr., the theatre first opened its doors for a performance of Ben-Hur on December 20, 1900 with a sold out show and Winston Churchill attending.[1] Ben-Hur operated with a cast and crew of 350 people and featured eight live horses on stage in full gallop during the chariot race scene. The play was so mechanically and technically extraordinary, it was featured on the cover of Scientific American. Recent historyIn the 1990s, Colonial president Jon Platt led a renovation of the Colonial.[2] In 1998, Platt sold his Boston theater interests to SFX Entertainment (now Live Nation). In 2003, Emerson College leased the building with an option to purchase it.[3] In 2006, Emerson invoked its purchase option with the intent of using the upper floors for dormitories.[4] In 2008, Key Brand Entertainment purchased most of Live Nation's theatrical assets, including its lease on the Colonial Theatre.[5] When KBE's lease ended, the Citi Performing Arts Center assumed operation of the venue and continued booking in partnership with KBE.[6] Through the succession of operators until 2015, the Colonial Theater housed Pre-Broadway shows and was often the first stop for national tours of Broadway shows. Because of its size, the Colonial can often host highly technical musicals that the smaller houses, such as the Shubert and the Wilbur Theatres, cannot accommodate. The Colonial has also played host to much larger shows such as Les Misérables, but after the renovation of the newly restored Opera House, some of its typical shows performed elsewhere. Nonetheless, the Colonial continued to be a testing ground for Broadway-bound shows. When the Citi lease ended October 15, 2015, Emerson College closed the Colonial to evaluate the use of the structure. Later, the school announced plans to convert the theatre space into a dining hall.[7] After protests from faculty, alumni, historians and theatrical personnel, and over 7,000 signatures on a Change.org petition, including playwright/composer Stephen Sondheim and New York Times theatre critic, Frank Rich, Emerson President M. Lee Pelton announced March 3, 2016, that the college would instead renovate another building into a dining hall and gathering area and seek to bring live performances back to the Colonial.[8] In September 2016, Emerson College administration announced it was considering plans from various outside groups to reopen the theater. One of the proposals was from a local consortium, which included Live Nation, the Boston Lyric Opera, Broadway in Boston, and Celebrity Series of Boston with the consortium bringing Broadway shows, musical acts, opera, and more to the theater. There were also proposals internally from the college and from SMG, a Pennsylvania-based venue management group.[9] ShowsThe Colonial has long been a home to both touring productions of Broadway shows, and to previews of shows prior to their Broadway debuts. Notable shows which previewed at the Colonial before opening on Broadway include:[8] {{columns-list|colwidth=22em|
}} ReopeningIn January 2017, Emerson College announced a deal with the London-based Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) to operate the Colonial Theatre by signing a 40-year lease. In a deal that was partly facilitated by the City of Boston, the college and ATG have both agreed to make substantial capital improvements to the venue which is now to be called the Emerson Colonial Theatre.[10] It reopened in July 2018 featuring the premiere of a new musical, Moulin Rouge!, based on the film by Baz Luhrmann, prior to a possible Broadway run.[11][12][13][14] References1. ^{{cite news |last=Tepper |first=Jennifer Ashley |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/10-important-colonial-theatre-events-every-theatre-nerd-must-know-com-378473 |title=10 Important Colonial Theatre Events Every Theatre Nerd Must Know |work=Playbill |date=2016-01-10 |accessdate=2019-03-22 }} 2. ^{{cite news| last=Clay| first=Carolyn| work=Boston Phoenix| url=http://www.bostonphoenix.com/boston/arts/theater/documents/02025032.htm| title=Lobby hero: Jon Platt books the Colonial| date=December 6, 2001}} 3. ^{{cite news| title=Emerson College, Colonial Theatre Link| url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/boston/access/387643761.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+22%2C+2003&author=CHRIS+REIDY&pub=Boston+Globe&desc=EMERSON+COLLEGE%2C+COLONIAL+THEATRE+LINK&pqatl=google| work=The Boston Globe| date=August 22, 2003| last=Reidy| first=Chris| page=D2| subscription=yes}} 4. ^{{cite news| work=Boston Business Journal| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2006/02/20/daily58.html| title=Emerson College to add dorm to Colonial Building| date=February 4, 2006}} 5. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/theater/25Live.html| title=Live Nation Finds a Buyer for Its Theater Business| work=The New York Times| last=Robertson| first=Campbell| date=January 25, 2008| accessdate=March 4, 2016}} 6. ^{{cite news| title=Deal near to reopen the Colonial: Citi Center has plan with Broadway group| url=http://articles.boston.com/2011-09-30/news/30230140_1_colonial-theatre-spaulding-colonial-stage| first=Laura| last=Collins-Hughes| date=September 30, 2011| work=The Boston Globe}} 7. ^{{cite news| title=Emerson College may turn Colonial into student center| last=Gay| first=Malcolm| url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/2015/10/07/emerson-college-considering-plans-turn-colonial-theatre-into-student-center/OqVRroGj6xRKt64hTwzTKN/story.html| date=October 8, 2015| work=The Boston Globe}} 8. ^1 {{cite journal| title=Emerson College Withdraws Plan to Convert Boston's Colonial Theatre| url=http://www.playbill.com/article/emerson-college-withdraws-plan-to-convert-bostons-colonial-theatre-com-368250| last1=Viagas| first=Robert| last2=Clement| first2=Olivia| work=Playbill| date=March 3, 2016| accessdate=March 4, 2016}} 9. ^{{cite news |last=Gay |first=Malcolm |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-dance/2016/09/11/emerson-weighs-proposals-reopen-colonial-theatre/eYUJAPRkTQIISSwNQLEPwO/story.html |title=Emerson considers reopening Colonial Theatre |work=The Boston Globe |date=September 12, 2016 |accessdate=September 12, 2016 }} 10. ^{{cite episode| title=Commentary: The Walsh Administration's Success Story With The Huntington And The Colonial| url=http://www.wbur.org/artery/2016/06/13/marty-walsh-huntington-colonial| date=June 13, 2016| last=Siegel| first=Ed| series=The ARTery| station=WBUR-FM}} 11. ^{{cite news|url= https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2018/07/30/emerson-colonial-theatre-can-can-can-moulin-rouge-the-musical-reopening-gala-performance/PxClpVV2GCRKydZjLhy6JK/story.html |title= Emerson Colonial Theatre can, can, can at ‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ reopening gala performance |accessdate= 2019-03-04 |first= Maddie |last= Kilgannon |date= July 30, 2018 |work= Boston Globe}} 12. ^{{cite news |last=Gay |first=Malcolm |url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater/dance/2017/01/08/colonial-theatre-reopen-new-deal-with-international-producer/fKXySjLPCGUp5mhXP48gKO/story.html? |title=Emerson College strikes deal to reopen Colonial Theatre |work=Boston Globe |date=January 9, 2017 |accessdate=2017-01-09}} 13. ^{{cite episode| title=Colonial Theatre To Reopen In June With Pre-Broadway World Premiere Of 'Moulin Rouge!'| url=http://www.wbur.org/artery/2017/11/01/colonial-moulin-rouge| last=Garcia| first=Maria| date=November 1, 2017| series=The ARTery| station=WBUR-FM}} 14. ^{{cite news| title=‘Moulin Rouge! The Musical’ to Open in Boston With Broadway Hopes| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/theater/moulin-rouge-the-musical-boston-broadway.html| last=Paulson| first=Michael| date=November 1, 2017| newspaper=The New York Times}} External links
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