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The Barrymore Theatre is a 971-capacity live music venue on the east side of Madison, Wisconsin.Originally built as the Eastwood Theater in 1929, the Barrymore was founded by Richard "Sich" Slone and Tom Peterson in 1987 in an attempt to revive Madison's declining Schenk-Atwood neighborhood.
The Rave/Eagles Club (commonly known as simply The Rave, formerly known as the Eagles Club [2] [3] and Central Park Athletic Club and Entertainment Center [4] or commonly Central Park Ballroom) is a concert venue and landmark in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
During Overture construction, the Oscar Mayer Theater (originally the 1928 Capitol Theater and movie palace) was restored, downsized, and re-christened the Capitol Theater. The theater's inaugural performance, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, upon reopening took place in November 2005. The theater seats up to 1089 people on the main floor and balcony.
Some of the old Capitol Theater survives within the Overture Center. [6] Next year (1929) the Eastwood Theater opened on Madison's near east side. It was a movie palace, but less elaborate than the Orpheum and Capitol, and has since been reworked into the Barrymore Theater. [3] Theater attendance peaked around 1946, then began to decline.
The Isthmus Jazz Series features jazz artists performing at the Union Theater season, and the Isthmus Jazz Fest is offered each June featuring free jazz music on the Union Terrace. [12] The 2007 headliner was Madeleine Peyroux. The Wisconsin Union Theater's concert series has been held since the theater opened.
In November 1976, real estate broker Dan Nevasier bought the Majestic from RKO-Stanley Warner Theaters of New York for $125,000, adding it to his chain of 20th Century Theaters in Madison. He then leased the house to Parallax (later Landmark) Theatres of Los Angeles, a national chain of repertory cinemas that was founded by several former ...
Broom Street Theater was founded by Stuart Gordon in early 1969 in reaction to censorship attempts by the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Gordon's on-campus theater troupe, Screw Theater. The controversy surrounding nudity in the production of Peter Pan had received national attention in the fall of 1968.
The Wisconsin Field House (commonly known as the UW Field House) is a multi-purpose arena owned by the University of Wisconsin–Madison and located directly south of Camp Randall Stadium. In addition to sports events, the Field House has been the site of large community gatherings such as convocations and concerts.