Segal Centre for Performing Arts
| Centre Segal des arts de la scène | |
Segal Centre for Performing Arts
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| Location |
5170, chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3W 1M7 |
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| Coordinates | 45°29′19″N 73°38′08″W / 45.488729°N 73.635674°WCoordinates: 45°29′19″N 73°38′08″W / 45.488729°N 73.635674°W |
| Public transit | Côte-Sainte-Catherine and Snowdon |
| Capacity | Theatre -306 Studio - 186 CinemaSpace - 77 |
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| Opened | 1967 |
| Architect | Phyllis Lambert |
| Tenants | |
| Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre | |
The Segal Centre for Performing Arts, formerly the Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, is a theatre in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located at 5170 chemin de la Côte-Sainte-Catherine, in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
The building that houses the theatre was designed by Montreal architect Phyllis Lambert, a daughter of Saidye Bronfman. It is home to the Segal Theatre, the Academy of Performing Arts, CinemaSpace, Studio, and the Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre.
In 2007 the Saidye Bronfman Centre was renamed the Segal Centre for Performing Arts in acknowledgement of the financial support of Leanor and Alvin Segal in partnership with the Bronfman family. Uniting theatre, music, dance, cinema and arts education under one roof, its mission is to promote the creation, production and presentation of professional artistic work, support emerging artists and foster intercultural understanding through the arts.
The Segal Theatre is now a world-class English-language theatre. It has expanded to become a nationally recognized venue for the performing arts with a focus on creation, innovation, diversity, and cross-cultural collaborations. Driven by a belief in the power of the arts to strengthen and connect communities, the Segal's programming emphasizes original interpretations of popular classics and contemporary works, new Canadian musicals, and engaging productions with universal appeal.
In 2008, the Segal Theatre co-produced the original musical Houdini with the Montreal Highlights Festival (dir. Bryna Wasserman). It was remounted later that year by the Montreal International Jazz Festival, the first play ever to be featured at the Festival. It was wildly successful with both French and English audiences as well as critics.
Other highlights include Sam Shepard’s Buried Child (2009) which was co-produced with theNational Arts Centre (NAC) and directed byPeter Hinton, Artistic Director of English Theatre at the NAC. Old Wicked Songs (2010, dir. Bryna Wasserman) by Jon Marans was co-produced with Théâtre du Rideau Vert and played in French as Une musique inquiétante before the original cast and crew moved to the Segal to perform the production in English.
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