
Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts
Preview: Season 22 Episode 14 | 4m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Come along for a tour of the Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in Greensboro.
Come along for a tour of the recently opened Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in Greensboro.
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Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts
Preview: Season 22 Episode 14 | 4m 15sVideo has Closed Captions
Come along for a tour of the recently opened Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in Greensboro.
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Let's head to Greensboro, where Stephanie Bourland visited the Steven Tanger Center for Performing Arts, where they really know how to put on a show.
♪ You wanna be startin' somethin' ♪ ♪ You got to be startin' somethin' ♪ - [Stephanie] They can't wait to get in.
♪ You got to be startin' something ♪ ♪ Too high to get over ♪ ♪ Yeah, yeah ♪ ♪ You're too low to get under ♪ - [Narrator] Another packed house at the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts in Greensboro to see "MJ the Musical."
[audience cheers and applauds] - You gotta see the moonwalk.
- The music, [Rochelle laughs] going back into time and reminiscing on the old Michael Jackson songs.
- [Narrator] Moses and Rochelle Israel think there is something magical about seeing shows here.
Christina White agrees.
[audience cheers] - You can feel the energy like you see in the room right now, and just all the people seem welcoming, and you can tell the excitement in the room.
- [Narrator] Hundreds of shining spheres swirl above Tanger Center's three-story lobby, greeting up to 400,000 guests every year.
- I think this was something the area definitely needed, and I think that it's more than just a concert experience.
It's a whole entertainment experience.
- [Narrator] One which can include a delicious meal.
It's the prelude dinner, and it receives as many compliments as the main attraction.
- It's a beautiful environment.
I love being here.
The place is something we haven't experienced before.
It's a experience like no other.
- I just like coming to eat, take out their food.
[laughs] I like their prelude dinners.
- [Narrator] The prelude dinner also keeps Chrae Beatty coming back.
- The meal is my favorite part and then just the entertainment.
- [Narrator] Endless options under one roof or outside on the starlight veranda overlooking the downtown arts district.
[lively music] [glasses clinking] - And if you decide not to partake in the prelude dinner, you can always come here to the lobby, where you can enjoy a lovely glass of wine, cheers, a nice snack, great friends, and plenty of hospitality.
- There's so many people to help you find your way.
You don't have to worry about, you know, being lost or knowing where you sit or figuring things out.
There's just a lot of good customer service here.
- [Narrator] Hospitality which is filling seats and setting records.
- We have 17,569 Broadway season seat members, which is a record for a single-week Broadway market in the United States.
[elegant classical music] - [Narrator] About 225 events are showcased here each year.
The ballet and Broadway, comedians and [elegant classical music continues] the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra.
This theater is not only attractive and accessible.
It's also a state-of-the-art facility.
- So one of the things we wanted to do was make it a great experience.
So that started with the stage house and how big the stage is and the electronics and sound system and lighting that goes along with that.
- [Narrator] Just a few reasons why folks from Kernersville and Pittsboro, Pinehurst and Statesville, Elon and Burlington keep coming back to this high-end regional theater with a hometown feel.
- The Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts is at One Abe Brenner Place, 300 North Elm Street in Greensboro.
To find out more about upcoming shows and more, give them a call at 336-333-6500, or go online to tangercenter.com.
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