A Sea Of Red

An announcement was made in Convocation today about a new drama theatre that will be built inside the top of the tower on North Campus. Seating capacity will be around 700. Great news for the theatre department and Prof. Linda Nell Cooper!

yea, it looks pretty sweet!

hoping to see pics of this thing soon..I posted in the other thread that I think this is a great use for that space and will be great for the university...good move!

I swear this is like plan F for that tower. It was gonna be an IMAX theater, I think JF was gonna have an office up here, I had heard there was gonna be an alumni lounge up there, possibly a launch site for our own nuclear warheads. Pick something and stick with it!

and even last year wasnt it supposed to be turned into a 7 story student lounge with an atrium in the middle? i thought that was part of the big 5 year plan

LUconn wrote:I swear this is like plan F for that tower. It was gonna be an IMAX theater, I think JF was gonna have an office up here, I had heard there was gonna be an alumni lounge up there, possibly a launch site for our own nuclear warheads. Pick something and stick with it!

That's a good thing though...it shows that JLFJR is not willing to rush anything until its well thought out and appears to be the perfect solution for an open area.


Also I believe the lounge is still the idea for the top of the tower just not going to happen at the same time as the theater

I'm LOVING the theatre in the tower idea!

Cider Jim wrote:I'm LOVING the theatre in the tower idea!

Shakespeare in the Sky Night?

The pic is awesome! Balcony and everything.

Rooster Cogburn wrote:The pic is awesome! Balcony and everything.

What pic?

They showed a pic in Convo today.

I think with a bigger theater (when it finally opens) we would be able to attempt bigger more elaborate shows (like say Wicked)

LUconn wrote:Pick something and stick with it!

Should have kept using it for it's original purpose.

Artificial lightning is awesome.

El Scorcho wrote:

LUconn wrote:Pick something and stick with it!

Should have kept using it for it's original purpose.

Artificial lightning is awesome.

+1

Fantastic! We have one at Regent, and it really adds to our campus and our theater department. Plus, it's great for events such as alumni weekends and hosting guests...

wow thats going to be really nice..I hope they also plan to do a faclift of the tower so it doesn't look like a warehouse anymore

BJWilliams wrote:I think with a bigger theater (when it finally opens) we would be able to attempt bigger more elaborate shows (like say Wicked)

Wicked, huh? I've seen that show. Maybe this theater isn't such a good idea after all.

That's pretty neat looking. Is that the lounge on the top?

As of now, yes

so if thats a student lounge, wont they have to close it every time there is a production so you dont hear people upstairs while your watching a play

alumni lounge. Student's don't need anymore lounges. Alumni don't have anywhere to lounge.

ok,


so if thats an alumni lounge, wont they have to close it every time there is a production so you dont hear people upstairs while your watching a play

qkslvrsrfrboy wrote:ok,


so if thats an alumni lounge, wont they have to close it every time there is a production so you dont hear people upstairs while your watching a play

you can install those quiet floors....there are ways around that....but yes ALUMNI lounge....

RagingTireFire wrote:

BJWilliams wrote:I think with a bigger theater (when it finally opens) we would be able to attempt bigger more elaborate shows (like say Wicked)

Wicked, huh? I've seen that show. Maybe this theater isn't such a good idea after all.

haha...that was the first example that came to mind...but youd have to think that once this finally happens that something like that could be done