Hobby Center for the Performing Arts [Houston]
type: Item
description: theatre in Houston
description: accommodatie voor uitvoerende kunst in Texas, Verenigde Staten van Amerika @nl
alternative label: Hobby Center for the Performing Arts
Wikidata source: Q5874936
EUTA research ID II: 1698
Field: architecture
Type of information: Performance venue
Importance: Not rated
Wikipedia page: Hobby_Center_for_the_Performing_Arts
Country: USA
City: Houston
GPS: Point(-95.3695 29.7615)
opening date: 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
Wikidata instance: Q24354
Wikidata instance: Q3469910
Carthalia ID: 1492
Note: Built 1998-2002 by Robert A. M. Stern and Morris Architects, on the former site of Sam Houston Coliseum and Music Hall (built 1937, demolished 1998). Named after the American politician and businessman, William P. Hobby, Jr. (1932-), a major donor. Opened in May 2002. The complex contains two halls: Sarofim Hall (2650 seats, named after the Egyptian businessman Fayez Sarofim) and Zilkha Hall (500 seats, named after the Iraqi/British businesman Selim Zilkha). Home to Theatre Under the Stars, a series of touring Broadway productions.