Milwaukee Theatre
| Milwaukee Theatre | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Address | 500 West Kilbourn Avenue |
| City | Milwaukee |
| Country | United States |
| Coordinates | 43°02′30″N 87°55′03″W / 43.041759°N 87.917404°WCoordinates: 43°02′30″N 87°55′03″W / 43.041759°N 87.917404°W |
| Owned by | Wisconsin Center District |
| Operated by | Wisconsin Center District |
| Capacity | 4086 |
| Opened | 1909 |
| Other names | Milwaukee Auditorium (1909-2003) |
| Website | |
| www.milwaukeetheatre.com | |
The Milwaukee Theatre (originally Milwaukee Auditorium[1]) is a theater in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The building was extensively renovated from 2001-2003, at which point it received its current name.[2] It seats 4,086 people and can be configured into a more intimate venue that seats 2,500.[3] It is located at 500 W. Kilbourn Avenue in downtown Milwaukee.
Milwaukee Auditorium
The Milwaukee Auditorium was built in 1909, in a place formerly occupied by the Milwaukee Industrial Exposition Building, which had been destroyed by fire in 1905. The Milwaukee Auditorium held 13,520 people, and had 104,952 square feet (9,750.4 m2) of exhibition space.[4] The cornerstone was laid on August 1, 1908, and the building was dedicated on September 21, 1909.[5]
On October 14, 1912, former president and then current presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt delivered a speech at the Milwaukee Auditorium shortly after a failed assassination attempt that left him with a bullet in his chest. He was shot across the street from the Auditorium at the Gilpatrick Hotel by John Schrank, but declined to go to the hospital before giving his speech.[6]
Milwaukee Theatre
Beginning in October 2001, the Auditorium was converted into a theater. The project, which cost $41.9 million, was completed on November 7, 2003.[7]
Notable events
- President William Howard Taft - October 27, 1911[8]
- Former President and Presidential candidate Theodore Roosevelt - October 14, 1912 (Roosevelt shot before speech)
- President Woodrow Wilson - January 31, 1916
- Enrico Caruso - May 13, 1919
- John Philip Sousa - November 8, 1924 and September 21, 1929
- Milwaukee Auditorium Fire - December 24, 1937
- Presidential candidate Wendell Willkie - March 27, 1944[9]
- West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, June 15, 1956
- Liberace - August 2, 1957
- Van Cliburn - January 30, 1959
- Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy - October 23, 1960[10]
- Martin Luther King, Jr. - April 27, 1964
- The Beach Boys - July 19, 1964, with The Kingsmen
- Johnny Cash - August 1, 1964 and October 29, 1973
- The Beatles - September 4, 1964[11]
- Ray Charles - October 11, 1964
- The Rolling Stones - November 11, 1964, with The Ladybirds
- Louis Armstrong - November 13, 1964
- The Dave Clark Five - December 15, 1964, December 11, 1965 and July 5, 1966
- The Jimi Hendrix Experience - May 1, 1970, with Oz
- Queen - March 1, 1976 and January 13, 1977, with Cheap Trick
- Jackson Browne - November 7, 1976
- KISS (band) - February 1 and 2, 1977
- Frank Zappa - September 27, 1977, November 25, 1980 and December 1, 1981
- ABBA - September 29, 1979
- The Grateful Dead - February 4, 1978 and May 30, 1980
- Bob Marley & The Wailers - November 12, 1979
- Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis - November 1, 1988[12]
- Presidential candidate George W. Bush - October 23, 2000[13]
- Presidential candidate Ralph Nader - November 1, 2000[14]
- Prince & The New Power Generation - November 18, 2000
- Kenny Rogers - November 25, 2000
- Dolly Parton - October 30, 2005
- The Wiggles - November 3, 2007 (2 shows)
- James Taylor - May 9, 2009
- The Milwaukee Blues Festival - March 13, 2010 and March 9, 2012
External links
References
- ↑ http://www.milwaukeetheatre.com/newsArticle.asp?Article=20
- ↑ http://www.milwaukeetheatre.com/about.asp
- ↑ http://www.milwaukeetheatre.com/seating.asp
- ↑ William George Bruce, History and City and County. Milwaukee: S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1922. pp. 421-432. http://www.hellomilwaukee.com/BookFiles/Chap27_The_milwaukee_auditorium1.pdf
- ↑ http://www.mkedcd.org/Planning/hpc/studyreports/MilwaukeeAuditorium2000.pdf
- ↑ John Gurda. Cream City Chronicles: Stories of Milwaukee's Past, pp. 189-191. http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=IJde3Hqj-yEC&oi=fnd&pg=PT123#v=onepage&q=&f=false
- ↑ http://www.milwaukeetheatre.com/about.asp
- ↑ http://www.mkedcd.org/Planning/hpc/studyreports/MilwaukeeAuditorium2000.pdf
- ↑ Ronald H. Snyder, "Wisconsin Ends the Political Career of Wendell Willkie." Wisconsin Magazine of History. http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/wmh/pdf/autumn_04_wilke.pdf
- ↑ Ocala Star Banner, Oct. 24, 1960 at 9. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1356&dat=19601024&id=0I8UAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3QQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2313,4938013
- ↑ http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=395870
- ↑ Kenneth R. Lamke, Best, Worst of the 1980s.
- ↑ Michael Finnigan, "Bush Charges Gore Seeks to Be Reform's 'Obstacle-in-Chief.'" Los Angeles Times, Oct. 24, 2000. http://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/24/news/mn-41223
- ↑ http://www.gwu.edu/~action/states/widet.htm