The Broome County Forum Theatre , also known as the Forum , Capri Theatre , and the Broome Center for the Performing Arts , is a historic theater , which is located at Binghamton in Broome County, New York . The theater seats 1,522 with a pit orchestra and 1,553 without one.
4-553: The building consists of two parts: the main, rectangular theater block completed in 1919 and the primary entrance and lobby area constructed in 1981 (non-contributing). The theater block is constructed of brick and cast stone over a concrete basement. It features a theater pipe organ. The Forum serves as the home performing venue for the Binghamton Philharmonic and the Tri-Cities Opera . The theatre
8-694: Is the Broome County Forum Theatre . Its regular season consists of a classical music concert series and a pops concert series. The BPO's mission is "building community through the power of live music." The orchestra traces its roots to 1949, when Fritz and Marie Wallenberg started a chamber orchestra in Binghamton. By 1955, the Wallenbergs founded the Binghamton Symphony . The Binghamton Symphony merged with
12-816: The BC Pops orchestra in 1996 to form the Binghamton Philharmonic. Starting in 1980, the BC Pops held a free annual summer concert known as Pops on the River , where the orchestra would play on a raft floating on the Chenango River in Downtown Binghamton . The concert was popular, drawing tens of thousands of attendees each year, but was canceled due to a lack of funding after the 1994 concert. The Binghamton Philharmonic revived
16-774: Was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. This article about a historic property or district in Broome County , New York , that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places , is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Binghamton Philharmonic The Binghamton Philharmonic , officially named the Binghamton Philharmonic Orchestra , is an American symphony orchestra located in Binghamton, New York . Its primary performing venue
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