Capitol Theatre (Salt Lake City)
The historic Capitol Theatre was built at 50 West 200 South in Downtown Salt Lake City during 1913. Originally operated as a vaudeville house named Orpheum Theater, this was soon renamed Capitol Theater during 1927. And is currently also known as the JQ Lawson Capitol Theater. And this building style is Italian Renaissance and Mannerist architecture.
Capitol Theater | |
The Capitol Theatre, formerly known as the Orpheum Theatre | |
| Address | 50 West 200 South Salt Lake City, Utah United States |
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| Coordinates | 40.7652°N 111.8928°W |
| Type | Performing arts |
| Seating type | Reserved |
| Capacity | 1,876 |
| Opened | August 2, 1913 |
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The county maintains partnerships with Utah-based Ballet West, Utah Opera, and the Children’s Dance Theater (Tanner Dance at the University of Utah), all of which perform regularly at Capitol Theater. Additional Productions: multiple musicals produced by the Broadway Across America touring company; the White Oak Dance Project in 1993 produced by Mikhail Baryshnikov and Mark Morris (choreographer); and various other plays and performances.
During the 2002 Winter Olympics, the theatre was used as part of the accompanying Arts Festival with various performances taking place on the stage.
After the Eccles Theater was built and opened in 2016 just around the corner on Main Street in Salt Lake City, some productions moved from the Capitol Theater to take advantage of the larger stage and more modern sound system of Eccles Theater.
Capitol Theater is managed by the Salt Lake County Center for the Arts.