We don’t know if you know this, but, TCR is literally weeks away from returning back to downtown Cedar Rapids to its newly rennovated Iowa Theatre.
Check out these videos of the rennovation process.
The lobby, with original 1928 plasterwork:
The box office and lounge:
The BATHROOMS!
Want to check out the theatre for yourself? Tickets are on sale now for the first show back downtown — The Producers. Tickets to the opening night gala are sold out, but tickets remain for the rest of the performances from Feb. 27 to March 14. Tickets are $20 to $25 for adults, $15 for youth, with $12 rush tickets. For ticket information, go to www.theatrecr.org
February 2nd, 2010 at 3:59 pm
This looks beautiful! I cannot wait to see our new theatre in person.
February 13th, 2010 at 10:40 am
Let’s bring Switchback to Cedar Rapids & TCR
We love to play historic performing arts venues and the work you’ve done and the passion you have to restore this theatre makes us take pause! We’ve just returned from Ireland and Italy and a former CR resident shared your poignant story with us.
Switchback is Marty McCormack & Brian FitzGerald. Sample music & see the new CD release video at http://www.waygoodmusic.com
“It can be somber and solemn, or witty and whimsical. Few other genres seem as well-suited to the array of human emotions as Celtic music, and the Irish duo Switchback is one of the best bands suited for the job….“Celtic music is a very tribal kind of music,” said McCormack, who plays guitar and bass guitar. “Whether you’re a Celt or not – Irish or not – you feel it. It’s a music and culture that appeals to everyone.” Waterloo Courier
“Two guys with an unlikely moniker — SWITCHBACK — came to town with guitars and a mandolin last week and left with a collection of hearts. Not in recent memory has the Crighton Theatre, through the MONTGOMERY COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY, hosted so personable a duo. The music they played was mostly Celtic, or as a publicity phrase put it, “American roots music with a Celtic soul.” Their voices blended in heart-tugging harmony, and they made more music with two guitars, a sometimes mandolin, and those voices than some six piece bands produce.” Conroe Courier