Paris Guide

Theatre and Cinema  



Paris Theatre was a former cinema placed in Lower Regent Street, London, which was changed into a theatre by the BBC for radio broadcasts. It was used for various decades by the BBC as the main venue for the comedy programmes requiring an audience broadcast on BBC Radios 2 and 4. The first of the post-war movie houses maked in Manhattan, the Paris Theatre is precisely across from the Plaza Hotel and not much other from the beginning of Central Park.
Paris Theatre opened on September 13, 1948, with Marlene Dietrich cutting the ribbon in the occurrence of the Ambassador to France. The real movie operator, Pathe, ran the theatre until 1990. Loew's then took over, and the theatre was known for a while as the Fine Arts Theatre. Renamed the Paris Theatre, it is currently independently operated.

This luxurious art house in Manhattan's Midtown has an Art Moderne outside. The auditorium has blue velvet walls and seating on the main floor and in the balcony. It has superior projection and sound. The environment is exquisite, including with well attired and helpful staff. The Paris Theatre is one of the very good places to see art house films in the New York. As its name indicates, the Paris has an affinity for playing foreign films (especially French films). Many premieres have been hosted by the Paris Theatre.

Theater activites are very popular in the Parisian culture. In the Paris the actors are participate in the theater activities. peoples interestd to go to the theater and watch the plays. Large number of theaters are there in the Paris. There are about 130 different theatres in he Paris which offers French and foreign productions.

Some of the plays that become very popular are like The Glass Menagerie, Macbeth, Agnes of God, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Miracle Worker, A Streetcar Named Desire, Of Mice and Men and The Eccentricities of a Nightingale. Many other thriller plays that are loved by audience are Wait Until Dark, Count Dracula, Deathtrap, The Mousetrap, Dial ”M” for Murder, Sleuth, Rehearsal for Murder etc.

Cinema is equally like by the people of the Paris and tourists as well. The Hollywood related films are dominating in the Paris unlike the other world's global cities. French cinema has many famous directors like Claude Lelouch, Jean-Luc Godard, Claude Chabrol and Luc Besson. European and Asian movies are also widely shown in the city and also appreciated by the peoples. There are many samll movie theaters and the viewer have choice from between around 300 old and the new movies from diffrent parts of he world. There is a large network of the movie theater in the city. When the media become very popular in the Paris many dance halls were transformed into theaters. In the Paris one of the largest cinema today is Le Grand Rex in which 2800 seats are there. Other cinemas in he city is having less than 1000 seats. Now the trends are changing multiplexes are taking the place of theater where 10 to 20 screens can be there in the same building.

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