The Wang Center for the Performing Arts

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Citi Performing Arts Center, formerly the Wang Center for the Performing Arts, is located in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. It consists of two theatres, the Wang Theatre and the Shubert Theatre, both of which are neighbors on Tremont Street in Boston's Theatre District. The Center adopted its new name late in 2006, after signing a 15 year agreement with Citigroup. [1]

They have partnerships and/or collaborate with the Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Ballet, Bank of America Celebrity Series and the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. [2]

Theaters

The Wang Theatre

The Wang Theatre was originally known as the Metropolitan Theatre when it opened in 1925. It was developed by Max Shoolman and designed by architect Clarence Blackall, with the assistance of Detroit theatre architect C. Howard Crane (who with 250 theatre designs was arguably America's most prolific movie palace architect). It seats 3,700 people. In 1962 it became the home of the Boston Ballet and was renamed The Music Hall. During the 60s and 70s, audiences could see the Stuttgart Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, Bolshoi Ballet and Kirov Ballet as well as popular movies and performing artists. With time though, they could no longer attract the large touring companies because of the size of their stage as well as their outdated production facilities. Converted to a not for profit center in 1980 and renamed the Metropolitan Center, they were able to attract theatrical performances again. In 1983, Dr. An Wang made a very large donation and the Wang Center was "born." From 1989 - 1992, $9.8 million was raised to restore the Theatre to "its glory days of the 1920s".[3] Boston based architecture firm Finegold Alexander + Associates Inc restored the theatre.

The lobby was used in the movie The Witches of Eastwick as part of the house in which Jack Nicholson's character lived.[4]

The Shubert Theatre

The Shubert Theatre, known as Boston's "little princess", was designed by Boston architect Thomas M. James. It opened on January 24, 1910 with a production of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew with actors E.H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe. It seats approximately 1,600 people.

Originally conceived as The Lyric Theatre by developer Charles H. Bond, it was taken over by the Shubert Organization in 1908 after Bond's death.

In February 1996 the Wang Center signed a 40-year lease agreement with the Shubert Organization. In November 1996, the theatre reopened after being renovated with the first national tour of the musical Rent.

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Boston Lyric Opera New England (BLO) is an opera company in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1976. Its home has been the Shubert Theatre in Boston since 1998.

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The Boston Ballet is a professional ballet company based in Boston, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1963 by E. Virginia Williams and was the first professional repertory ballet company in New England.
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The Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) was formed in 1996 by Artistic Director Steven Maler and associate Joan Moynagh to bring free, outdoor Shakespeare to the people of the city of Boston.
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Metropolitan Opera Association of New York City, founded in April 1880, is a major presenter of all types of opera including Grand Opera. The Metropolitan is America's largest classical music organization, and annually presents some 240 opera performances.
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Bolshoi Theatre (Russian: Большой театр, Bol'shoy Teatr, Large Theater) is an historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, which gives performances of ballet and opera.
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An Wang (Chinese: 王安; Pinyin: Wáng Ān; February 7, 1920 – March 24, 1990) was a Chinese American computer engineer and inventor, and co-founder of computer company Wang Laboratories.
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The Boston based architecture firm, Finegold Alexander + Associates Inc (FA+A), was established in 1960. Previous firm names include J.
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The Witches of Eastwick

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The Taming of the Shrew is a comedy by William Shakespeare. It was one of his earlier plays, probably penned in 1593 or 1594.

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The basic elements of the story are present in the 14th-century Castilian tale of the "young man who married a very strong and
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Edward Hugh Sothern (6 December, 1859 - 28 October, 1933) was an American actor. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of English actor E. A. Sothern.

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Julia Marlowe (August 17, 1866 – November 12, 1950) was an English-born American actress known for her interpretations of William Shakespeare.

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Born Sarah Frances Frost near Keswick, Cumberland, England, to John Frost and Sarah (Strong) Hodgson.
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The Shubert Organization was founded by the Shubert brothers, Sam S. Shubert, Lee Shubert, and Jacob J. Shubert of Syracuse, New York in the late 19th century in upstate New York, entering into New York City productions in 1900.
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