Venue: Terrace Theater
Town: Long Beach, US
Capacity: 3,051

The Terrace Theater is a full theatrical and performance venue located in Long Beach, California. The theater seats 3,051 patrons at its maximum configuration in Orchestra, Loge, and Balcony sections. The Orchestra seating section is arranged in the Continental seating style with no center aisle and two exits for every four rows in the theater. The Terrace is one of the venues in the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center. It is attached to the 825-seat Center Theater. The theater was completed in 1978, replacing the Long Beach Municipal Auditorium, which had been demolished in 1975. The theater accommodates a wide variety of events including local performances, church services, dance competitions, beauty pageants, Broadway touring productions, industrial conventions, symphony performances, and operas. It is the current home to the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra. The theater is maintained and run by the Stagehand Department of the Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center. In 1978 Richard Pryor's performance was filmed and recorded. Richard Pryor: Live in Concert was released to theaters in 1979. The Long Beach Terrace Theater opened in 1978 as part of the larger Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center project, a downtown revitalization effort following the demolition of the original Long Beach Municipal Auditorium. The old auditorium, which dated back to 1932, was torn down in 1975 to make way for a modern convention and performing arts complex on the same site. The Terrace Theater was designed to host a range of performing arts and public events, opening with over 3,000 seats in a proscenium layout. Originally referred to as the Pacific Terrace Theatre, it quickly became home to the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra, which had previously performed at the municipal auditorium. In 1984, the venue was used for fencing events during the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Over the decades, the Terrace Theater has hosted a wide array of events, includin