Guthrie Theater [Minneapolis]
type: Item
label: Guthrie Theater
label: Teatro Guthrie @it
description: theatre building in Minneapolis, USA, opened 1963
description: theater in Minnesota, Verenigde Staten van Amerika @nl
Flanders Arts Institute venue ID: 136545
Wikidata source: Q2027239
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Country: USA
City: Minneapolis
GPS: Point(-93.2553 44.9781)
opening date: 1963-01-01T00:00:00Z
Web: www.guthrietheater.org
architect: Jean Nouvel
EUTA research ID II: 2197
Wikipedia page: Guthrie_Theater
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Kunstenpunt Wiki Qid: Q185283
Carthalia ID: 1507
Note: Built 1960-1963 by Ralph Rapson. Stage area design by Tanya Moiseiwitsch. Opened 7 May 1963 with Shakespeare's Hamlet, directed by the theater's founder, Sir Tyrone Guthrie (1900-1971). In the late 1960s, extension by rehearsal stage, a set shop, and administrative offices, and integration of Guthrie Theater and Walker Art Center with a single entrance and a common lobby. 1993 renovations and modernization. Originally 1441 seats, now 1298 seats. Used by the resident drama company.