The Schuster Performing Arts Center is located in

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and was built in 2003 to serve as Dayton's principal center of the lively arts. It is owned and operated by the

Victoria Theatre Association The Victoria Theatre is a historic 1,154-seat performing arts venue located in downtown Dayton, Ohio. The Victoria presents traveling broadway shows, concerts and other theatrical productions such as ''The Phantom of the Opera''. History The V ...

and occupies the former site of

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department store. The Center opened an additional venue to house the Association's larger touring Broadway productions and presentations. The Dayton Philharmonic, the Dayton Opera, and the Dayton Ballet rent the building for their performances. The Schuster Center and the Metropolitan Arts Center, occupying the former Metropolitan department store building next to the Victoria Theatre, stage a variety of performances of any size and form the basis of the performing arts district in downtown Dayton. The Schuster Center comprises restaurants, a large Winter Garden, a 15-story office and residential tower, and a blackbox theater and rehearsal space. Schuster Center 2017

Architect César Pelli, in designing the center's 2,300 seat Mead Theatre, included a fiber-optically illuminated domed ceiling depicting the Dayton sky as it appeared on the eve of the Wright Brothers’ first flight - December 16, 1903. The

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houses exotic palm trees and a café with a large glass and steel wall that looks out onto downtown Dayton. Since its opening, the Schuster Center has hosted a number of top musical shows, including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''.

References

External links

www.schustercenter.org

The Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra

The Dayton Ballet

Victoria Theatre

The Dayton Performing Arts Alliance
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