Worcester Foothills Theatre

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Worcester Foothills Theatre
Address100 Front Street
Worcester, Massachusetts
United States
Capacity 349 [1]
Opened1974
Closed2009
Website
www.foothillstheatre.com

The Worcester Foothills Theatre was a professional theater company and venue in Worcester, Massachusetts that performed a variety of plays, Musicals, and Musical Reviews.

Worcester, Massachusetts City in Massachusetts, United States

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Musical theatre work that combines songs, music, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance

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History

The Worcester Foothills Theatre, was founded in 1974 by Marc and Susan Smith. [2] Foothills Theatre originally operated from a 200-seat theatre in downtown Worcester. When this building was sold in 1982, Foothills spent 5 years putting up productions in various spaces. In 1987, Foothills Theatre moved to its ultimate site in the former Worcester Center Galleria. [2]

Worcester Center Galleria

The Worcester Center Galleria, located in Downtown Worcester, Massachusetts, was a two level shopping mall which originally opened on July 29, 1971 as a part of the Worcester Center urban renewal project. The mall, which connected the 100 Front Street and 120 Front Street office towers, was successful for 20 years until it closed following a series of store vacancies. The mall re-opened in 1994 as a short-lived outlet center called Worcester Common Fashion Outlets, finally closing in 2006. The mall is currently undergoing demolition and re-development into a project called CitySquare.

Foothills Theatre "suspended operations" [3] on May 10, 2009, due to lack of funding. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ http://www.foothillstheatre.com/about-theatre
  2. 1 2 http://www.foothillstheatre.com/about-theatre/company-history
  3. ↑ http://www.playbill.com/news/article/128821.html
  4. ↑ foothillstheatre.com

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