Theatre in Vancouver, Canada
2013 TUTS production at Malkin Bowl in
Stanley Park
The Marion Malkin Memorial Bowl , or Malkin Bowl , is a 2000-seat outdoor
theatre in
Stanley Park ,
Vancouver ,
British Columbia ,
Canada .
[1]
[2] Malkin Bowl is home to
Theatre Under The Stars ,
[3] which stages family-friendly Broadway musicals there.
[4]
[5]
History
The Malkin Bowl was built in 1934 to replace a more traditional bandstand which had stood at the same location since 1911.
[6] The Bowl was designed as a two-thirds-size replica of the
Hollywood Bowl .
Allard de Ridder , then conductor of the
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra , was largely responsible, along with John Vanderpant,
[7] for convincing
W.H. Malkin , a former mayor of Vancouver, to build the theatre as a summer concert venue for the orchestra.
[8]
[9] Malkin endowed the theatre in memory of his wife, Marion.
[10]
In spite of the lack of backstage space, in 1940 Theatre Under the Stars began staging operettas and musicals at the Malkin Bowl.
[11] In 1950, six productions were held during the summer season.
[12]
A live variety show, hosted by
Norman Campbell and broadcast on CBC Radio, was also performed at the Bowl during the late 1940s and early 1950s.
[11]
Canadian
progressive rock band
Harmonium recorded its live album,
Harmonium en tournée , at the Malkin Bowl on June 20,1977 (released in 1980).
[13]
[14]
More recently the Malkin Bowl has hosted rock and pop concerts between theatre productions.
[15]
[16]
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a
b
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^
"July Talk pictures love at Vancouver’s Malkin Bowl" . Vancouver Weekly , September 18, 2017 by Laura Sciarpelletti
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