Talk:The Muny
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[edit] World's _____
The Muny is the world's largest and oldest outdoor theatre.
- Oldest outdoor theatre? There's no way this is possible. I'm taking the whole phrase out until it can be cited with a reference. Euphoria 01:30, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
The Muny is America's largest and oldest outdoor musical theatre.—Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.64.219.138 (talk • contribs) 09:24, 31 May 2006
[edit] Deleted section on Oldest and Largest Claim
User:Timseid1 has removed this section which had a subhead Claim to Oldest and Largest. I STRONGLY DISAGREE with this edit. This section is referenced and puts the Muny in its proper perspective. The Muny is built into a side of a hill and its elevation is a result of being on the hill. It IS an amphitheatre. Jones Beach and the Hollywood Bowl are clearly larger. There's some wriggle room on other amphitheatres as they have fewer seats but larger capacities because of grass seating. The Muny on its referenced website specifically states it is the "nation's oldest and largest outdoor theatre." It doesn't make a differentiation so questioning the validity of its claim is warranted. The deleted referenced material also includes information about other Missouri outdoor theatres. This strikes me as an attempt to sanitize history. Here is the section that was deleted:Americasroof (talk) 07:25, 27 January 2008 (UTC)
- The Muny website has a claim that the theatre is the "nation's oldest and largest outdoor theatre."[1]
- There are numerous amphitheatres that are much larger in the United States including the Hyundai Pavilion which claims to be the biggest in the United States (with a total capacity of 65,000 consisting of 10,902 seats and 54,098 in the grass). The Hollywood Bowl (opened in 1929) has seats for 17,376. Nikon at Jones Beach Theater (opened in 1952) has seating for 15,000. However most of the larger venues have rotating concerts and individual events rather than musicals.
- The Muny is larger than the two other large Missouri amphitheatres -- Starlight Theatre (Kansas City) opened in 1925 has capacity of 8,105 and the Shepherd of the Hills Old Mill Theatre in Branson, Missouri (which opened in 1960), which has a capacity of 2,000[2]
- For a list of other amphitheatres see: List of contemporary amphitheatres.
