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In 1946, the company branched out to introduce its first drive-in theatre. The first Dickinson drive-in opened in Pittsburg, Kansas and was followed in 1948 by the construction of the 81 Drive-In Theatre in Salina, Kansas, the Shawnee Drive-In in Shawnee, Kansas and the Leawood Drive-In Theatre in Leawood, Kansas. [2]
Leawood (/ ˈ l iː w ʊ d /) is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States, [1] and is part of the Kansas City metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census , the population of the city was 33,902. [ 4 ] [ 5 ]
The Fox–Watson Theatre was opened in late February 1931 by Winfield W. Watson, a local businessman and banker. He led the campaign and donated the land, to bring a movie house to Salina. Fox West Coast Theatres built the art deco style movie house at a cost of US$400,000 (equivalent to $7,325,000 in 2024).
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The Kirkpatrick Fine Art Center is the main performance venue at Oklahoma City University. It connects to the Wanda L. Bass Music Center . Combined they house the Wanda L Bass School of Music and the newly formed School of Theatre.
Leaders of the downtown venue announced on Wednesday, the theater’s 102nd birthday, details about how it will restore the Orpheum to its original 1920s glory.
The Lied Center of Kansas (/ l iː d / LEED) is the main performing arts center at the University of Kansas, and one of three performing arts dedicated centers on the campus. The venue hosts student functions, academic speakers, and School of Music performances. It engages local secondary and primary schools through the performing arts.
The theater was purchased by the City of Overland Park in 1987 for historic preservation purposes. It was sold to the Fine Arts Theatre Group in 1993, which undertook extensive renovations to restore the building to its original appearance. The theater reopened in 2000 as the independent Rio Theatre.