Have a news tip for us?
Just email . Ideas for stories, links to interesting articles, and press releases are welcome.
Bethesda returns with live theatre
posted by
Michael Zoldessy
on
October 19, 2007 at 7:49 am
WASHINGTON, DC — The Bethesda Theatre opened again after renovations first mentioned a few months ago.
The Bethesda Theatre joins this group of preserved deco landmarks with some of the same compromises. On Thursday, the 1938 movie palace reopened as a venue for live dramatic performances with “I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change.” The title of the musical revue well summarizes the attitude toward reviving the old cinema on the part of Smith Payes of Bethesda and the Bozzuto Group of Greenbelt.
After skirmishes with local preservation groups, the developers embraced Montgomery County’s requirement of finding a new cultural use for the building and enlisted Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment to operate it as a theater for lighter off-Broadway fare. They resuscitated the worn-out structure by hiring Oehrlein & Associates Architects of the District to meticulously restore its interior, down to 32 original paint colors.
Read the full story in the Washington Times.
Comments (2)
Good news. A compromise with tall building, but good news.
Look at the photo in the news article of the auditorium!
do you have any old theater sound equipment like speaker amplifier .i pay big money and remove pay cash.773-339-9035