Talk:Theatre in the round
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Who wrote the original description? Some research would of been nice. The Celebrity Theaters were all Theaters in the round. The Heritage Forum in Anheim was build from the ground up to be a theater in the round. There is of course The Theater in the Round in Minneapolis MN The The Mac-Haydn Theatre in Chatham, NY plus many more so there is not only 2
[edit] Contradiction
"There are only three theatre buildings in the United States that were built as 'in the round' houses," the article says. Yet, below there are over a dozen listed. The three mentioned in the paragraph were all built decades ago, and I find it extremely difficult to believe that no one in the U.S. has built another theater in the round since (especially when I consider that there is one in my own county which is not on the list). Unless someone can clarify this, I will delete the paragraph.--Cassmus 09:03, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
- I can confirm several additional theatres that were built as theatres in the round, including the Wells Fargo Pavilion (Sacramento, Calif.), North Shore Music Theatre (Beverly, Mass.) and Casa Manana (Ft. Worth, Texas, although it has since been converted to a three-quarters thrust. --Chrismcswain 21:51, 5 January 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Citation
I marked the following sentence as needing to be cited: "Originally this idea was conceived for the progressive-rock group Yes by their tour manager Jim Halley in the mid 1970's. This revolutionized rock concerts, ticket sales and venue seating arangements." Although I wasn't around at the time, I find it hard to believe that theatre in the round as a modern practice didn't exist until the 1970's, and that it was invented by a rock group, and not an experimental theatre group. Unless someone can cite this or explain it better, I will delete this sentence.--Cassmus 05:16, 7 March 2007 (UTC)
