The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts is a theater center in Hartford Connecticut, and it is home to two theaters, including a significant stop for touring Broadway shows.
Here are five facts about this historic home of the performing arts.
1. Lobby
One of the lobbies of the Mortensen Hall theater was created by removing several rows of seats, and increasing the incline of the audience, improving the experience of theatergoers in the process.
2. Theaters
The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts holds two main theaters. The biggest, Mortensen Hall, typically presents touring versions of Broadway shows, and the Belding Theater is often home to the Hartford Symphony Orchestra as well as other shows.
3. Designers
Mortensen Hall shares its designers with the iconic Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
4. Opening
The first phase of construction of the center, including Mortensen Hall, originally opened in 1930.
5. Phantom of the Opera
If you look above you in Mortensen Hall, you will see a massive mural on the ceiling. If you look even closer, you may see a hole in this mural, created to allow a touring version of the musical Phantom of the Opera to install its chandelier in the theater.
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