Lutcher Theater

Lutcher Theater is a 1,500-seat, non-profit performing arts facility located at 707 Main Street in Orange, Texas. It is the largest Performing Arts Series from Houston, Texas, to Jacksonville, Florida, with annual attendance at approximately 30,000 adults and children.

Features

The six-story Lutcher Theater is the tallest building in downtown Orange. It has 1,446 seat accommodations, with 870 on the main level and 567 in the balcony. If necessary, the orchestra pit can be lowered to accommodate a 1,500-person audience. The stage itself is 45'W x 30'H x 35'10"T. The sound system is an EAW AX series system with left, right, and center clusters. The theater is handicap accessible and offers headphones for the hearing impaired.

Performances

Since its opening with Liberace in February 1980, the theater has hosted only the best in big name entertainment. It serves as a showplace for a range of performing arts productions, from traveling Broadway plays to musical groups to one-man acts.

Notable performances include:

*"Macbeth"
*"A Chorus Line"
*Marcel Marceau
*Ray Charles
*"The Student Prince"
*Victor Borge
*"The Pirates of Penzance"
*David Copperfield
*The Glenn Miller Orchestra
*"42nd Street"
*"Biloxi Blues"
*"Singin' in the Rain"
*"The Music Man"
*Tom Jones
*"Sweet Charity"
*"Cabaret"
*Shirley Jones
*"Dreamgirls"
*Barbara Mandrell
*"Driving Miss Daisy"
*"Steel Magnolias"
*"Little Shop of Horrors"
*"My Fair Lady"
*"Lost in Yonkers"
*Trisha Yearwood
*"Cats"
*"Grease"
*"The Sound of Music"
*"West Side Story"
*"Fiddler on the Roof"
*"The King and I"
*"Footloose"
*Tom Chapin
*"Death of a Salesman"
*"La bohème"
*"Rent"
*Willie Nelson
*Riverdance
*B. B. King
*Clint Black: Up Close and Personal
*"Evita"
*"Hairspray"
*"Annie"
*Marvin Hamlisch
*"Movin’ Out"

Educational Programs

Lutcher Theater's Time Warner Cable Roadrunner Series for Kids is one of the ten largest Children's Performing Series in Texas and the largest kids’ series in the Southeast Texas area. The series includes popular children's shows such as "Old Yeller" and "The Velveteen Rabbit". The performances are held during the week for students on field trips and even include a study guide so teachers can incorporate the shows into their lessons.

The Nelda C. and H. J. Lutcher Stark Foundation

The Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation is a private foundation established in 1961 in Orange, Texas. It aims to improve the quality of life in Southeast Texas by encouraging, promoting, and assisting education, the arts, and health and human services. It carries out its mission through the Stark Museum of Art, the W. H. Stark House, Lutcher Theater, and Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center. These programs offer the community a rich resource for study and enjoyment of the arts, history, and nature.

External links

* [http://www.lutcher.org/ The Official website of the Lutcher Theater]
* [http://www.starkfoundation.org/ The Official website of The W. H. Stark Foundation]
* [http://www.whstarkhouse.org/ The Official website of the W. H. Stark House]
* [http://www.shangrilagardens.org/ The Official website of the Shangri La Botanical Gardens]
* [http://www.starkmuseum.org/ The Official website of The Stark Museum of Art]