| The new 907-seat Belding Theater and its accompanying staff and patron facilities have dramatically expanded the Bushnell’s ability to present cultural and educational programming, and have transformed the Bushnell into a Center for the Performing Arts. The multi-purpose Belding Theater, designed for theatre, ballet, opera, and symphony, includes generous new lobbies with patron amenities for both theaters, a new box office, the 200-seat Autorino |
Great Hall for cabaret performances and functions, a café, a gift shop, offices and educational facilities for the Bushnell’s youth programs. The central entry courtyard draws on the drama of both buildings and provides an outdoor room for warm-weather events. |
The Belding Theatre features a ceiling mural created by the team’s architects and Boston-based artist James Piatt, AIA. Wilson Butler Lodge Inc. (now WBA) and Hartford-based associate architects Schoenhardt were selected in 1998, through a design competition, to design the 91,000 s.f. addition to Bushnell Memorial Hall. |
