The Moody Blues Concert Radio City Music Hall
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The Moody Blues - Radio City Music Hall - Aug 9, 2007 8:00 PM - Tickets: $39.50 - $89.50 The Box Office enter The Moody Blues
Radio City is located on 6th Avenue between 50th St & 51st St. (212) 465-6115 weekdays 9:30-4:30pm.
Box Office Numbers: 212 247-4777 Mon - Sat 11:30-6:00pm also 212-247-4777
More details at Ticketmaster at TinyUrl.com
ARRIVE EARLY: Please arrive one-hour prior to showtime. All packages, including briefcases and pocketbooks, will be inspected prior to entry.
Radio City Music Hall Calendar of Events.
From a different site. See more details about Radio City Music Hall. ...Previous Shows - Since opening in 1932, Radio City Music Hall has been home to an endless variety of entertainment. Its greatest claim to fame is the Rockettes, who have been kicking their way across the Radio City stage since 1933 (and have starred in their "Christmas Spectacular" since 1979), but this world-renowned venue has hosted much, much more. Children's shows like Dora the Explorer Live!, Sesame Street Live, Blue’s Clues Live!, and Barney’s Colorful World are among its most popular events.
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Location
The Radio City Music Hall is located on Sixth Avenue between 50th and 51st streets, and is an integral part of the Rockefeller Plaza complex.
Background
Although Radio City Music Hall is not on Broadway, it is probably New York City's most famous theater, and it is in fact far larger than its Broadway brethren. Because of its size and prime location, Radio City covers the larger and more successful acts that can draw a big crowd to fill its cavernous auditorium. The "Showplace of the Nation," as it has often been called, has hosted a variety of entertainments including award shows, children's musicals, headlining comedians, major rock bands and musicians, and of course The Rockettes. In its long history, the great stage at Radio City Music Hall has also seen many celebrities, including Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., and Tony Bennett.
Parking
Theater parking is available around Rockefeller Plaza, but it is rather expensive.
See our discount parking guide for parking for this theater
History
The famous Samuel L. Rothafel, widely known as Roxy, opened the Radio City Music Hall on December 27, 1932. Opening night was a lavish five-hour affair that included 96 Roxyettes, four Greek dances, and the 110-voice Tuskegee choir. Rain and poor critical acclaim dampened the opening of the Music Hall. Two nights later Roxy's new moving picture house, the RKO Roxy, opened on 7th Avenue. One week later when all the numbers were in, all hell would break loose in the RKO organization. Due to poor returns they closed the RKO Roxy and turned the Radio City Music Hall into a movie theater on Jan 11, 1933. They believed that the time for the stage format show had passed and now the Depression-era public were more interested in movies. They did, however, keep the Roxyettes as a holiday “gift” to the audience before movie screenings. But to remove the connection to Samuel Rothafel, they renamed the dance troupe to the Rockettes. A world famous precision dance troupe with a rich history of skill and dedication to their craft, the Rockettes were in 1979 granted a permanent home in their very own show, The Radio City Christmas Spectacular.
Design
The Radio City Music Hall was designed by architect Edward Durrell Stone and interior designer Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style. Over the years, Radio City became worn and ill-equipped for the quality of performance that today's audiences expect, and in the late '70s it was on the verge of demolition. However, that catastrophe was narrowly averted when the famed venue was granted landmark status. In 1999, architect Hugh Hardy supervised a painstaking seven-month $70 million restoration that put Radio City back on the map for New York audiences. All areas of the hall were improved with this restoration, from the legendary marquee to the ceilings, thus restoring Radio City Music Hall to its former glory.
Seats
Radio City Music Hall has 6200 seats. The seating sections are divide into a large ochestra with three mezzanines; the top two are really balconies.
Directions
By Subway, take the B, D, E, or F to Rockefeller Plaza / 47-50th Streets.
Seating Chart
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The Moody Blues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - The Moody Blues are a British rock band originally from Birmingham, England. Founding members Michael Pinder and Ray Thomas performed an initially ... The Moody Blues - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Moody Blues are a British rock band originally from Birmingham, England. Founding members Michael Pinder and Ray Thomas performed an initially rhythm and blues-based sound in Birmingham in 1964 along with Graeme Edge and others, and were later joined by John Lodge and Justin Hayward as they inspired and evolved the progressive rock style. Among their innovations was a fusion with classical music, most notably in their seminal 1967 album Days of Future Passed. The band has had numerous hit albums in the UK, U.S., and worldwide, and has seen several additional musicians come and go, and they remain active even as of 2007, with a North American summer tour scheduled.
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