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The San Jose Center for the Performing Arts is a performing arts venue located in Downtown
The theater opened in 1972 the architect was
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San Jose, California
San Jose, officially San José (; ; ), is a major city in the U.S. state of California that is the cultural, financial, and political center of Silicon Valley and largest city in Northern California by both population and area. With a 2020 popul ...
. It opened in 1972 and is now home to San Jose Dance Theatre and Broadway San Jose.
History
The theater opened in 1972 the architect was William Wesley Peters
William Wesley Peters (June 12, 1912 – July 17, 1991) was an American architect and engineer, apprentice to and protégé of Frank Lloyd Wright.
Early life
Wes, as he was known to friends and associates, was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on Jun ...
of Taliesin Associated Architects Taliesin Associated Architects was an architectural firm founded by apprentices of Frank Lloyd Wright to carry on his architectural vision after his death in 1959. The firm disbanded in 2003.
It was headquartered at Taliesin West in Scottsdale, A ...
. Contractor was the Barnhart Construction Company. Less that three months after the theater opened a portion of the movable auditorium ceiling collapsed resulting in two workmen being stranded on a steel beam above the 15 ton ceiling crushed 100 seats, however nobody was injured and the two workmen were able to make it to safety. The theater was closed for repairs for several months and reopened in 1973. For 34 years, the theater was the home of the American Musical Theatre of San Jose
The American Musical Theatre of San Jose (AMTSJ), previously known as the San Jose Civic Light Opera (SJCLO), was a major professional nonprofit musical theatre company in San Jose, California. Founded in 1934 as the San Jose Light Opera Associatio ...
(a.k.a. San Jose Civic Light Opera) from 1975 until the demise of the theater company in 2008.
Architecture
The center'sauditorium
An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances. For movie theatres, the number of auditoria (or auditoriums) is expressed as the number of screens. Auditoria can be found in entertainment venues, community ...
has 2,677 seats, split into 1,921 orchestra and 756 balcony seats. It also has two smaller rooms, the Private Ridder Lounge with capacity for 150 and the Private President's Club with capacity for 50./ref>
Notable events
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See also
* List of tourist attractions in Silicon ValleyReferences
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