ABSTRACT
Modern Theatres 1950–2020 is an investigation of theatres, concert halls and opera houses in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North and South America.
The book explores in detail 30 of the most significant theatres, concert halls, opera houses and dance spaces that opened between 1950 and 2010. Each theatre is reviewed and assessed by experts in theatre buildings, such as architects, acousticians, consultants and theatre practitioners, and illustrated with full-colour photographs and comparative plans and sections. A further 20 theatres that opened from 2009 to 2020 are concisely reviewed and illustrated.
An excellent resource for students of theatre planning, theatre architecture and architectural design, Modern Theatres 1950 – 2020 discusses the role of performing arts buildings in cities, explores their public and performances spaces and examines the acoustics and technologies needed in a great building. This beautifully illustrated book is also a must-read for architects, theater designers, theatre historians, and theatre practitioners.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1.00|127 pages
Aspects of Modern Theatres
part 2.00|349 pages
Thirty Significant Theatres 1950–2010
part |45 pages
1950s The Fifties
chapter 3.01|12 pages
Royal Festival Hall, 1951 London, UK
chapter 3.02|12 pages
Festival Theatre, 1957 Stratford, Ontario, Canada
chapter 3.03|10 pages
Kalita Humphreys Theater, 1959 Dallas, Texas, USA
part |35 pages
1960s The Sixties
part |57 pages
1970s The Seventies
chapter 5.05|12 pages
Royal Exchange Theatre, 1976 Manchester, UK
part |59 pages
1980s The Eighties
chapter 6.03|8 pages
Joyce Theater, 1982 New York, USA
chapter 6.05|8 pages
Lucent Danstheater, 1987 The Hague, Netherlands
part |11 pages
1990s The Nineties
chapter 7.01|10 pages
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, 1998 London, UK
part |123 pages
2000s The New Millennium
chapter 8.02|14 pages
Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, 2002, Singapore Architects, DP
chapter 8.03|10 pages
Walt Disney Concert Hall, 2003 Los Angeles, California, USA
chapter 8.04|12 pages
KÀ Theatre, 2004 MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, NV, USA
chapter 8.06|12 pages
Casa da Música, 2005 Porto, Portugal
chapter 8.07|12 pages
Auditório Ibirapuera ‘Oscar Niemeyer’, 2005 São Paulo, Brazil
chapter 8.08|8 pages
National Centre for the Performing Arts, 2007 Beijing, China
chapter 8.10|8 pages
National Opera House, 2008 (originally the Wexford Opera House) Wexford, Ireland
part 3.00|73 pages
Snapshots of Twenty Recent Theatres 2009–2020