Wells Fargo Pavilion

Infobox Venue
name = Wells Fargo Pavilion


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nickname = Music Circus
location = 15 & H st, Sacramento California
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type = Theatre in the round
genre = Musical Theatre
broke_ground = 2001
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opened = 2002
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owner = California Musical Theatre & Sacramento Theatre Company
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seating_capacity = 2,200
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The Wells Fargo Pavilion is a theatre venue, located in Sacramento California and owned by California Musical Theatre & Sacramento Theatre Company.

Overview

The signature feature of the H Street Theatre Project which renovated almost the entire block. The stage is a Theatre in the round and has a 32-foot diameter. The theatre seats up to 2,200 guests with a total of 53,000 square feet. The pavilion is home for the Sacramento Music circus, a Summer stock theatre.

History

The site is built on top of the original concrete foundations from the Music Circus tent. Music Circus was a theatre form begun in Lambertville, N.J., by St. John Terrell in 1949. Established as summer stock, the new theatre venues primarily housed light operas and operettas, produced in the round, under a circus-style big top. In 2002, Terrell's open air music circus model ceased to exist as Sacramento Music Circus lowered its canvas tent for the last time, returning the following year in this state of the art complex which offers new Technology improvements such as an expanded lighting grid and a variable-level turntable stage. The original architect is R.F. McCann & Co.

The structure is comprised of hard sided walls with a soft covering, copying its silhouette from the old circus tent. The tent is a permanent structure covered with Teflon-coated fiberglass fabric without tent poles that had previously obstructed the views of the stage.

External links

* [http://www.californiamusicaltheatre.com/ Official California Musical Theatre Website]
* [http://www.californiamusicaltheatre.com/index.cfm?page=702960 Walls Fargo Pavilion Seating Chart]