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Grand
History!
The
Grand Opera House is the oldest theater in Dubuque and
was built in 1889-1890 at an estimated cost of $65,000.
Done in the Richardsonian architectural style, the original
facade consists of St. Louis brick facing with Bayfield
red sandstone trim. Dubuque's rich heritage is brought
to life at
the Grand Opera House. Click on the photo above to see
more historical photographs and learn about the Grand's
history.
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Don't
miss the
Nutcracker Ballet presented by the
Dubuque City Youth Ballet
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Check
out the amazing 2009 season!
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Bus Trip
to see RENT in Chicago!
April 5, 2009
Call the Box Office for details
Rent is a rock musical, based on Puccini's opera
La Bohème. It follows a year in the lives of seven
friends living the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle
in New York's East Village. AIDS and both its
physical and emotional complications pervade the
lives of Roger, Mimi, Tom, and Angel; Maureen
deals with her chronic infidelity through performance
art; her partner, Joanne, wonders if their relationship
is worth the trouble; Benjamin has sold out his
Bohemian ideals in exchange for a hefty income
and is on the outs with his former friends; and
Mark, an aspiring filmmaker, feels like an outsider
to life in general, always behind the camera recording
the events but never playing a part. Rent won
a Tony Award for Best Musical and a Pulitzer Prize.
Writer Jonathan Larson had ambitious expectations
for Rent; his ultimate dream was to write a rock
opera "to bring musical theater to the MTV generation."
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Buy
tickets now to this charming Christmas classic!
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Bus
Trip to see
Mary Poppins in Chicago!
April 18, 2009
Call the Box Office for details
The stage musical Mary Poppins is about
a dysfunctional family based around
Mr Banks, a man incapable of both giving
and receiving love and affection as
a result of being heavily dosed, as
a child, on a foul concoction of cod-liver
oil, brimstone and treacle by his tyrannical
nanny, Miss Andrew. It is to this sad
family with its two unruly children,
Jane and Michael that Mary Poppins mysteriously
arrives to dispense “A Spoonful of Sugar”,
with which to sweeten family relations.
The music is everything one expects,
containing the well-loved songs, “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious”,
“Chim Chim Cher-ee”, “Let’s Go Fly A
Kite” and of course that all time children’s
classic, “A Spoonful of Sugar”. There
are a few moments of magic, from Mary
Poppins carpet bag, which like some
incredible magicians top hat, she is
able to pull out a hat stand, a full
length mirror and even a bed - to the
scenes where Mary Poppins is seen flying
over the rooftops of London.
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Sponsor
a Show at the Grand!
Opportunities
are still available for our current S.E.T. (Sponsor
an Evening of Theater) program. Sponsor a GRAND
evening for your business associates, friends,
and employees and you will receive free tickets
for your sponsorship evening. (Up to 40 tickets)
as well as:
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A
full page advertisement in our playbill.
A $400 value.
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Your
company display in our lobby.
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Your
personal welcome to the audience from our
stage.
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Entertain
your guests using our lobby after the show.
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Publicity
galore! Your sponsorship will be publicized
in all Grand Opera House advertisements
and will appear on the new lighted sign
outside of the theater.
We
have comfortable seating for 625 guests, set
in a handsome historic theater. There is convenient
parking and we are handicap accessible. Now
is the time to book your event for next year!
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Advertising
Opportunities
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The
Grand Opera House can offer you a way to reach over
25,000 people for only a few dollars. Why not advertise
in the Grand Opera House playbill? Your ad will
appear in all of our productions in the current
season. That is over 50 total performances. We all
know how advertising works. Repeat...repeat...repeat.
Make your advertising dollars work for you. Be proud
to associate your ad with the Grand Opera House,
and its over 1,700 volunteers. Call the business
office for details at
563-588-4356.
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last updated: November 12, 2008