{"id":5586,"date":"2016-03-03T15:46:12","date_gmt":"2016-03-03T20:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/?p=5586"},"modified":"2016-03-12T13:19:37","modified_gmt":"2016-03-12T18:19:37","slug":"saved-bostons-colonial-theater-will-not-become-dining-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/news\/saved-bostons-colonial-theater-will-not-become-dining-hall\/","title":{"rendered":"Saved! Boston&#8217;s Colonial Theater will NOT become a dining hall!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MALC is overjoyed to learn that the historic Colonial Theater, built in 1900 and currently owned by Emerson College, will not be converted to a student activity center, dining hall, etc.<\/p>\n<p>The Emerson community and notable voices such as Stephen Sondheim and NYT theater critic, Frank Rich, weighed in on a well organized and effective Change.org petition.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re quite happy for the successful outcome.<\/p>\n<p>See:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playbill.com\/article\/emerson-college-withdraws-plan-to-convert-bostons-colonial-theatre-com-368250\">Emerson College Withdraws Plan to Convert Boston&#8217;s Colonial Theatre<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Colonial Theatre, which opened Dec. 20, 1900, has seen more than its share of theatre history. With 1,700 seats, it is roughly the size of a big Broadway house, and has hosted pre-Broadway tryouts of many legendary hits, including <strong>Cole Porter&#8217;s Anything Goes,<\/strong> the Gershwin brothers&#8217; <strong>Porgy and Bess<\/strong>, <strong>Irving Berlin<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong>Annie Get Your Gun<\/strong>, Rodgers and Hammerstein&#8217;s <strong>Carousel<\/strong>, Jerry Herman&#8217;s <strong>La Cage aux Folles<\/strong> and Stephen Sondheim&#8217;s Follies and A Little Night Music.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">~Robert Viagas , Olivia Clement, March 3, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.playbill.com\/article\/emerson-college-withdraws-plan-to-convert-bostons-colonial-theatre-com-368250\">Playbill<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/artery.wbur.org\/2016\/03\/03\/colonial-remains-theater\">The Colonial Will Remain A Theater; Emerson Finds An Alternative<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Pelton, in the Emerson email, wrote, \u201cI appreciate and remain touched by the interest that the performing arts communities and some of our faculty demonstrated in their commitment to the Colonial. 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We have a team of people working hard on studying the options for its continued use as a theater space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am very grateful to Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and his team, including Joyce Linehan, Julie Burros, and John Barros, for their ongoing support and consultation,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">~Ed Siegel, March 3, 2016, <a href=\"http:\/\/artistsunderthedome.org\/malc\/wp-admin\/post-new.php\">The ARTERY<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MALC is overjoyed to learn that the historic Colonial Theater, built in 1900 and currently owned by Emerson College, will not be converted to a student activity center, dining hall, etc.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Saved! 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