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The West Virginia University Creative Arts Center opened in 1969 after the expansion of West Virginia University's Evansdale campus. [3] Upon opening, the WVU schools of Theatre and Dance, Arts and Design, and Music were moved into the Creative Arts Center from there previous respective buildings.
In 1913, the Robinson Grand Theater was opened in downtown Clarksburg. The Robinson Grand, a pioneer in its era, became the thirteenth theater in the United States to be equipped with sound technology in 1927. During its golden age, it hosted a diverse array of events, including movies, plays, wedding receptions, and the Miss West Virginia Pageant.
Gerald "Jerry" McGonigle (born 1958 or 1959 (age 65–66)) [1] is a professor of acting and directing at West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. [2] He is also the artistic director of the West Virginia Public Theatre.
Plaza Theatre, also known as the Capitol Theater or West Virginia State University Capitol Center, is a historic theatre building located at Charleston, West Virginia.It was constructed about 1912 and is a turn-of-the-century theater/commercial/office building located in a transitional business district of downtown Charleston.
The Capitol Theatre, designed by architect Charles W. Bates of Wheeling, was built by general contractor R. R. Kitchen at a cost of $1,000,000 and first opened on Thanksgiving day 1928. The theater initially presented movies and stage shows and later concerts by the Wheeling Symphony Society, which moved into the building in 1929.
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Opened June 12, 1931, it was designed by architect John Eberson, [1] whose theaters included the since-demolished Colonial and Astor in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the Calvert in Washington, D.C., and the Capitol in Chicago, Illinois; and the extant Cinema le Grand Rex in Paris, France, the Capitol in Sydney, Australia, the Dixie in Staunton, Virginia, and the American in the Bronx, New York City.
Metropolitan Theatre is a historic theater building located at Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia.It opened July 24, 1924, two-and-a-half years after construction began, and consists of a single floor auditorium with balcony.