In the mid 1990’s the Gem Theatre and immediate surrounding 14th and Vine area received a $20 million facelift from then mayor Cleaver. The old theatre was gutted and only the outside was restored to original. Today the theatre IS spotlessly clean and attracks audiences from all over the K.C. area and beyond. Black and white, young and old, especially young people from area elementary schools in convoys of school busses. Often charitable business owners purchase blocks of hundreds of seats for these young people to enjoy theatre that they otherwise may have never been exposed to…a great idea.
Correction: …18th and Vine area…
In the mid 1990’s the Gem Theatre and immediate surrounding 14th and Vine area received a $20 million facelift from then mayor Cleaver. The old theatre was gutted and only the outside was restored to original. Today the theatre IS spotlessly clean and attracks audiences from all over the K.C. area and beyond. Black and white, young and old, especially young people from area elementary schools in convoys of school busses. Often charitable business owners purchase blocks of hundreds of seats for these young people to enjoy theatre that they otherwise may have never been exposed to…a great idea.