Missouri Theatre Center For The Arts

Missouri Theatre Center For The Arts

Missouri Theatre is a concert and entertainment venue in downtown Columbia, Missouri, occupying most of a city block between 9th street between Locust and Elm Streets. It was designed after the Opéra Garnier by the Boller Brothers, built in 1928, and is on the National Register of Historic Places. It Columbia's only surviving pre-Depression movie palace and vaudeville stage. In 2011, the University of Missouri began a three year lease of the facility. The Missouri Theatre is the resident home of the Missouri Symphony Orchestra, and is also frequently used by University of Missouri and civic groups.

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