Thalian Hall is a historic

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and

theatre Theatre or theater is a collaborative form of performing art that uses live performers, usually actors to present experiences of a real or imagined event before a live audience in a specific place, often a Stage (theatre), stage. The performe ...

located at Wilmington,

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. It was built in 1858, and is a two-story, five-bay,

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ed brick building with a combination of restrained

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and flamboyant Late Victorian design elements. The front facade features a tetrastyle

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. The Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts hosts professional, regional, and local shows to this day and is one of the most heavily utilized historic theatres in the United States. The building has been under the management of the Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. since 1963. It was listed on the

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in 1970. It is located in the

Wilmington Historic District The Wilmington Historic District is a national Historic district (United States), historic district located at Wilmington, North Carolina, Wilmington, New Hanover County, North Carolina. The district encompasses 875 contributing buildings 38 c ...

References

External links

Thalian Hall Center for the Performing Arts website
Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina City and town halls on the National Register of Historic Places in North Carolina Former seats of local government Neoclassical architecture in North Carolina Victorian architecture in North Carolina Government buildings completed in 1858 Buildings and structures in Wilmington, North Carolina National Register of Historic Places in New Hanover County, North Carolina Individually listed contributing properties to historic districts on the National Register in North Carolina Music venues in North Carolina {{NewHanoverCountyNC-NRHP-stub