The Terrace Theater is a full theatrical and performance venue located in Long Beach, California . The theater seats 3,051 patrons at its maximum configuration in Orchestra, Loge, and Balcony sections. The Orchestra seating section is arranged in the Continental seating style with no center aisle and two exits for every four rows in the theater. The Terrace is one of the venues in the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center . It is attached to the 825-seat Center Theater.
4-588: The theater was completed in 1978, replacing the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, which had been demolished in 1975. The theater accommodates a wide variety of events including local performances, church services, dance competitions, beauty pageants, Broadway touring productions, industrial conventions, symphony performances, and operas. It is the current home to the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra . The theater
8-825: Is an American symphony orchestra based in Long Beach, California . The orchestra gives concerts at the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center , specifically in the Terrace Theater and the Long Beach Arena. The orchestra was founded in 1934 as an amateur "recreational ensemble", with Robert Resta as its first music director. The orchestra became fully professional in 1966, and hired Alberto Bolet as music director two years later. Bolet served as music director for 10 years, until 1978. The orchestra faced serious financial troubles in
12-630: Is maintained and run by the Stagehand Department of the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center. In 1978 Richard Pryor's performance was filmed and recorded. Richard Pryor: Live in Concert was released to theaters in 1979. This article about a California building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Long Beach Symphony Orchestra The Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
16-482: The mid-1980s and cancelled an entire season in 1984-85. In 1989, JoAnn Falletta became the orchestra's fourth music director, the first female music director in the orchestra's history, and held the post until 2000. Enrique Diemecke succeeded Falletta as music director, from 2001 to 2014. The orchestra announced the appointment of Eckart Preu as its sixth music director in August 2016. Preu formally took up
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