Midland Theatre

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The Midland Theatre is a 3,573-seat theater located in Kansas City, Missouri.

It was built by Marcus Loew, completed in 1927, at a cost of $4 million and is the largest historic theater within 250 miles of the city. The Midland, designed by architect Thomas W. Lamb, was the first theater in the country to have air conditioning, which the theater still does to this day. The theater is also well known for its over 500,000 feet of gold leaf, five giant Czechoslovakian hand-cut crystal chandeliers, irreplaceable art objects and precious antiques, and spectacular wood and plaster work.

Owned by AMC Theatres since 1966, the Midland Theatre was a movie theater until 1981. Since then, it has become a performance hall, still used today for concerts, Broadway and stage shows, ballet and other events. It has also served as the Kansas City home of the annual Radio City Christmas Spectacular over more recent years.

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