The George Gershwin Theatre is a 500-seat proscenium theatre, one of four situated in the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts complex located on the campus of Brooklyn College at 2900 Campus Road in Brooklyn, New York. The interior of the Auditorium Building in Chicago built in 1887. ... A theater or theatre is a structure where theatrical works or plays are performed or other performances such as musical concerts may be given. ... The Universitätscampus Wien, Austria ( details) Campus (plural: campuses) is derived from the (identical) Latin word for field or open space. English gets the words camp and campus from this origin. ... Brooklyn College is a senior college of the City University of New York, located in Brooklyn, New York. ... For other meanings, see Brooklyn (disambiguation). ...

Named after the prolific Brooklyn-born composer, it opened its doors in 1953. It is used for four annual productions staged by the college's theatre department, whose alumni include Jimmy Smits, Paul Mazursky, and Joel Zwick, as well as music concerts, recitals, and film screenings, many of which are offered free to the community. George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer who wrote most of his vocal and theatrical works in collaboration with his elder brother lyricist Ira Gershwin. ... Jimmy Smits as President Matt Santos on The West Wing. ... Paul Mazursky (born April 25, 1930 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American actor and film director. ... Joel Zwick, born January 11, 1942 in Brooklyn, New York, USA is an American director of movies and television shows. ... Allegory of Music on the Opéra Garnier Music is an art form that involves organized and audible sounds and silence. ... A classical music concert in the Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne 2005 A concert is a live performance, usually of music, before an audience. ... A recital (from the Latin word recitare, meaning: to read out) consists of an account or repetition of the details of some act, proceeding or fact. ... Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ...

In 1993, President Bill Clinton unveiled his AmeriCorps initiative at Brooklyn Center's George Gershwin Theatre. William Jefferson Bill Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III[1] on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States, serving from 1993 to 2001. ... the AmeriCorps logo In the United States, AmeriCorps is a network of more than 2,100 non-profit organizations, public agencies, and faith-based organizations. ...

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Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts