Abstract
The Aronoff Center in Cincinnati OH (1995) includes a 2700-seat multi-purpose hall used as a roadhouse, with a particular focus on touring Broadway shows. The Overture Center in Madison, WI (2005), has a 2250-seat multi-purpose hall that is the home to a professional symphony orchestra and opera company, as well as hosting touring Broadway shows. Hancher Auditorium in Iowa City IA (2016) has an 1,800-seat multi-purpose hall that acts as a roadhouse for a broad variety of performance types, as a presenter for dance, and as the largest performance space for the University of Iowa's arts programs. All three performing arts centers had Pelli Clarke Pelli as design architect, Theatre Projects Consultants as theater consultant, and Kirkegaard Associates as acoustics consultant. This presentation examines what these halls have in common, how they are different, and what drove these differences. It looks specifically at the degree to which the differences are a design response to the particular program of each ro...
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