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The Hippodrome, once known as one of the nation's top vaudeville houses in the 1930s and '40s, has found new life as home to Broadway tours coming to Baltimore. In 2004, the remodeled France-Merrick Performing Arts Center reopened to accommodate larger theatrical tours that couldn't play the city's Mechanic Theatre. Architects combined the Hippodrome with other properties on the block so they could restore the theater and add the modern amenities and space it lacked. The opening season included "The Lion King" and "Phantom of the Opera." The $62 million project also was expected to play a role in improving Baltimore's west side. The project was a joint venture of the Hippodrome Foundation,...
The Hippodrome, once known as one of the nation's top vaudeville houses in the 1930s and '40s, has found new life as home to Broadway tours coming to Baltimore. In 2004, the remodeled France-Merrick Performing Arts Center reopened to accommodate larger theatrical tours that couldn't play the city's Mechanic Theatre. Architects combined the Hippodrome with other properties on the block so they could restore the theater and add the modern amenities and space it lacked. The opening season included "The Lion King" and "Phantom of the Opera." The $62 million project also was expected to play a role in improving Baltimore's west side. The project was a joint venture of the Hippodrome Foundation, Maryland Stadium Authority and Clear Channel Entertainment. In 1914, the Hippodrome opened as a vaudeville and movie house and hosted the likes of Bob Hope, Jack Benny, Red Skelton, Benny Goodman, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. It had a house orchestra, organ and piano to accompany the films. The Hippodrome closed in 1990, when it was the last movie theater downtown. Attendance at the new France-Merrick Performing Arts Center, which houses the 2,286-seat Hippodrome, has been around 350,000 a year. Its recent seasons have included "Avenue Q," "Hairspray" and "High School Musical."
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Bromo Tower arts and entertainment district proposal moves forward
A large swath of downtown Baltimore's west side would become the city's third state-designated arts and entertainment district, and the state's 20th, if Maryland economic development officials approve a city application designed to strengthen the area....Tags: Station North, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Highlandtown, Arts and Culture, Culture
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Another arts district?
Any effort that promises to attract new residents and businesses to a historic Baltimore neighborhood could do a lot worse than make the arts a magnet for bringing people together. That's why we can't see any down side to a city proposal to create a third...
Tags: Station North, Bromo Seltzer Tower, Greenwich Village, Highlandtown, Arts and Culture
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Table Talk: 'Bizarre Foods' star headlines third annual Foodie Experience
The Baltimore SunThe third annual Foodie Experience is just around the corner, and the Hippodrome has released the lineup of participating restaurants, caterers and other vendors. Among them are a few restaurants that will be making their Foodie Experience debuts,...Tags: Bizarre Foods (tv program), Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Andrew Zimmern, Arts and Culture
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At 78, Joan Rivers connects with a new generation of fans
Joan Rivers is having a manicure and a pedicure in her hotel room while juggling a phone.
"I'm in Indianapolis," she says. "I just learned how to spell it, and now I'm leaving. What a waste."
This week, between gigs in Florida and Ohio, she'll stop by...Tags: Personal Service, Television Industry, United Nations, Charles, Prince of Wales, Nicole Polizzi
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Soulful Symphony's 'Evolution'
After a hiatus of more than a year, Soulful Symphony re-emerged last month to perform for a packed house at the Hippodrome Theatre, inaugurating a concert series that continues there Friday night.
Thanks to support from the recently launched Hippodrome...Tags: Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Minority Groups, Arts and Culture, Culture, Jacob Lawrence
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This 'Addams Family' lacks snap
It has all the weight and nutritional value of cotton candy. But "The Addams Family," the Broadway musical that has taken up temporary residence at the Hippodrome Theatre, adds up to a mildly entertaining package of song and shtick. Revised since its New...Tags: The Addams Family (tv program), Concerts, Entertainment, Broadway Theater, Gomez (music group)
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Second thoughts on 'The Addams Family'
"The Addams Family" seemed to have everything going for it when the musical opened on Broadway two years ago: a book by the creators of the mega-hit "Jersey Boys"; two exceedingly popular stars, Nathan Lane and Bebe Neuwirth; and a title known to...Tags: Des McAnuff, Travel, Nathan Lane, The Addams Family (tv program), Tony Awards
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John Astin is still everyone's favorite Gomez Addams
After a performance of "The Addams Family," the Broadway musical now playing at the Hippodrome Theatre, a tall, bald, mustachioed man went backstage to greet the cast — the original, the ultimate Gomez Addams, John Astin.
Douglas Sills, who...Tags: Raul Julia, Carolyn Jones, Theater, Music, Stranger Than Fiction
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Local girls model in American Girl fundraiser
Models strutted down the runway, showing off the latest fashions in vintage and contemporary clothes.
But the event Sunday at the Hippodrome Theatre was no ordinary fashion show.
It was a fundraiser featuring girls ages 5 to 12 years old from across the...Tags: Fashion Trends, Fashion Shows, Charity, Healthcare Provider, University of Maryland Medical Center
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Roller skating play celebrates West Side history
For the first time in decades, flouncy, flowered dresses, hat boxes and shopping bags filled a storefront window at Howard and Lexington streets, once the center of Baltimore's retail district.
Ladies in pearls and long gloves, wild-haired hippies and...Tags: Dresses (clothing), Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes, Roman Catholicism, Canterbury
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Choose a wall color for your Baltimore bathroom
Whether you’re taking a long shower after a bike ride on The North Chesapeake trail or styling your hair for a date of dinner and a show at the Hippodrome Theatre, you’re sure to spend plenty of time in the bathroom. The right wall color can...
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