Stamford Center for the Arts
| Address | 61 Atlantic Street (Palace) 307 Atlantic Street (Rich) Stamford, Connecticut United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°03′02″N 73°32′24″W / 41.05058°N 73.539951°WCoordinates: 41°03′02″N 73°32′24″W / 41.05058°N 73.539951°W |
| Capacity | Palace: 1,580 Truglia: 757 |
| Current use | concert hall (Palace) television studio (Rich) |
| Construction | |
| Opened | 1927 (Palace) 1992 (Rich) |
| Architect | Thomas W. Lamb (Palace) |
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| NBC Universal (Rich) | |
| Website | |
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The Palace Theatre in downtown Stamford, Connecticut, United States, comprises two facilities on Atlantic Street: the restored Palace Theatre, and the Rich Forum, both within four blocks of each other:
Both the Rich Forum and Palace Theatre seasons include performances by Connecticut Grand Opera and Orchestra, Stamford Symphony Orchestra, New England Lyric Operetta, Ballet School of Stamford, Young Artist Philharmonic, Lumina String Quartet, Zig Zag Ballet, and The Perry Players.
The theaters have presented such performers as Lily Tomlin, Peter, Paul & Mary, Tom Jones, B.B. King, Carrot Top, Harry Belafonte, Ray Charles, Liza Minnelli, Kathy Griffin, Itzhak Perlman, Emanuel Ax, Yo-Yo Ma, Isaac Stern, Willie Nelson, Tony Bennett and Judy Collins.
"The present home of the Palace Theatre was first the site of the Grand Opera House during the late 1800s and early 1900s. The Grand Opera House was constructed in 1892-1893 by Mortimer and Dr. Philip H. Brown, a dentist who occupied an office on the second floor of the building. The Opera House was for some years the only playhouse in Stamford. It opened to the public on December 1893.
In 1904, two disastrous fires occurred in Stamford. The Town Hall was destroyed in January, and the Grand Opera House suffered the same fate in November of that year. The building was completely gutted, only the exterior walls remaining. The estimated damage exceeded $44,500.
In 1885, the Burlington Arcade Building at 73 Atlantic Street was completed. It is the current site of the Kiwanis Park, adjacent to the Palace Theatre, which opened up in 1968. The Arcade Building was a glass-enclosed “shopping center,” which housed many of Stamford’s most exclusive stores. The Arcade Building was also home to the Strand Theatre, which opened its doors to the public on December 11, 1914. Mrs. Mary Vuono managed the 400-seat theatre for six years until her husband Mr. Charles D. Vuono stepped in and purchased the entire building, giving Mrs. Vuono the control and artistic freedom she had been holding back for years."
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