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Shadowbox Building Permanent Home Downtown
July, 2008, Columbus OH – - Following an exhaustive search and much media speculation, Steve Guyer, Shadowbox president and CEO, announces the Shadowbox Board’s decision to move the sketch comedy and rock ‘n’ roll club to a permanent home in Columbus’ Brewery District.
After a ten year stint at the Easton Town Center, the popular performance troupe plans to build the Shadowbox Homecoming Project, a multi-use, multi-purpose facility at 495 South Front Street, currently the Brewmaster’s Gate building.
Increased seating capacity, a coffee shop / bar, and additional programming will make the building operational 7-days a week.
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Shadowbox moving into the Brewery District
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Was announced almost a year ago, but without any sort of details on when/where.
Good to hear it’s still in the works! :D
Yeah.. looks like they have alot of city/business involvement in the planning too..according to their “advisory board” for the move.
It would be great for the Brewery District… and it would also be great to get some use out of the Brewmaster’s Gate space.
It would certainly make me happy. I love going to their shows, and spending less money on transportation to them would be a bonus. It’s just surprising that they’re being offered a better deal than Easton gave them.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
BY MICHAEL GROSSBERG
After a decade at Easton Town Center, Shadowbox will return to the central city. The comedy-music-theater troupe plans to announce today that it will build a home in the Brewery District to accommodate larger crowds and more performances.
The site, to be redeveloped from the Brewmasters Gate entertainment complex on S. Front Street at a cost of $5 million to $7 million, will include a 350-seat theater (compared with the 214-seat venue at Easton).
The move will mark a long-awaited return to the heart of Columbus for Shadowbox, which presented shows in a Spring Street warehouse from 1994 until March 1999, when a fire destroyed the 120-seat venue.
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Ok, after seeing that rendering posted in the Dispatch, I’m officially excited about this. It’s going to look great down there. :D
this is great news for the troup and the brewery district. front street has been really hurting for a long time. this should bring some of the action and excitement back. it’ll make it a destination again. can’t wait for this to be completed.
this is cool. going all the way out to easton really blows.
Welcome to the neighborhood!
I think this officially makes that block the most diverse place in Columbus…Handke’s, Tommy Keegan’s, Major Woody’s, After 5, Outland, and Shadowbox? Pure awesomeness.
Nice to see Brewmaster’s Gate land a signature act like this. Hopefully this gathers a convoy of other businesses into other empty office and retail spaces in that area, too … the last time I was down that way (been a while, admittedly), there were far too many such spaces. (Empty ones, I mean.)
Very cool news! The building rendering looks great, and I’m really looking forward to their expanded offerings – I still miss 2Co’s, so it sounds like “Stage Two” might fill some of that void. The Brewery District definitely feels like a good fit.
That remodeling cost is going to be really rough on them – I hope they can meet (or exceed) their projections for the first year after the move — that’s a pretty big jump right there. I suppose it depends on how many of the added attractions they can get up and running.
Those lunchtime shows will probably double in popularity if they’re closer to all those businesses downtown. It would also be a neat way to treat out of town clientele to a slice of Columbus culture.
Shadowbox just updated their own page with info on the homecoming project:
[url]http://www.shadowboxcabaret.com/shp/[/url]
One of the highlights there being the Facility Tour with a much larger rendering of the outside, and some interior renders and floorplans as well.
Definitely looks nice – though the performance space is actually not very different from what they use now layout-wise (presumably just larger).
SLIGHTLY off topic, but Rockmastermike and I made it to Shadowbox’s Best of 2008 show a couple of weeks ago and had a ball. I can recommend it. We’ll be catching Return to Forbidden Planet in a couple of weeks, and the reviews of that show look like a fun time is in store.
Support the (soon to be even more) local arts!
This is really exciting! looks great! i never went to shadowbox but i always wanted to, now i will definately go! :)
That looks like such a cool destination spot. Love it.
+1
I can already see myself walking out of town guests over for a show. That never even registered as something to do in the past.
alright! more south side love. This is a big win for the BD.
I wish the Shadowbox would have been able to set up in downtown proper but the BD would have been my next choice :)
I’ll definitely be going to more shows.
I’m excited. They keep calling me periodically to offer us free seats, but the timing is always wrong and none of us enjoy dealing with the mess known as Easton, so I always decline. This will be great.
brewery district is perfect for shadowbox.
although not as perfect as Easton…
wait a minute, outland is in the brewery district now?? sorry to be off topic but where is it?