The OFFICIAL FaceBook page for Music Theatre Wichita. Become a fan for timely and topical news. Music Theatre Wichita, the largest subscribed not-for-profit arts organization in the state of Kansas, has attained an international reputation for excellence. We have been described as one of the nation’s top ten summer theatres, and are one of the few such organizations to mount all of its own productions each season, rather than bringing in touring packages. In this way, we annually provide employment, training, and invaluable business contacts for over 200 talented young Midwesterners who work hand in hand with first-rate Broadway and Hollywood professionals. While producing five Broadway-scaled musicals, Music Theatre simultaneously conducts a specialized training program, geared to helping these young people prepare for professional careers. Largely because of this unique program, Music Theatre can boast young alumni onstage or backstage at every Broadway musical currently running, and most of the national tours. Keywords: Music Theatre Wichita, MTWichita, Music Theatre, MTW

Wichita's non-profit center for performing arts, concerts, films and more. The Orpheum Theatre in Wichita, Kansas built by theatre mogul Karl Hobitzelle, opened on September 4, 1922, and was the first atmospheric theatre in the United States. In 1984 it was gifted to the Orpheum Performing Arts Centre, Ltd., a non profit corporation which is dedicated to the preservation, restoration and ongoing utilization of this important part of our cultural and architectural heritage. The magnificent proscenium arch is the main feature of the auditorium. The sidewalls of the auditorium were accented by niches with mock tile roofs and grills and wooden lattice work arches across the ceiling to create a courtyard effect. The theatre once held 1,700 seats but now seats 1,300. The theatre was designed by renowned architect John Eberson. The concept of the design is to create the ambiance of a specific local. The Wichita Orpheum was designed to invoke a garden of old Andalusia. Its entire design, including that of the asbestos curtain, was that of a Spanish garden or court. The Orpheum Wichita was an integral part of the famous Orpheum Circuit and in its heyday virtually every major star of vaudeville graced its stage, including such luminaries as Eddie Cantor and Fannie Brice.

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