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The Kimmel Center
The Kimmel Center,
owns, manages,
supports and maintains The Kimmel Center for the
Performing Arts, which includes Verizon Hall,
Perelman Theater, Innovation Studio and the
Merck Arts Education Center.
The Center
also manages the Academy of Music, owned by the
Philadelphia Orchestra Association. The Kimmel
Center for the Performing Arts and the Academy
of Music serve as home to eight Resident Company
performing arts organizations, including The
Philadelphia Orchestra, Opera Company of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Ballet, Chamber
Orchestra of Philadelphia, American Theater Arts
for Youth, PHILADANCO, Philadelphia Chamber
Music Society and Peter Nero and the Philly
Pops.
Planning for the center began in 1996, with the
Philadelphia Orchestra's plan to build a
new home. The center opened in 2001.
The Center consists of Verizon Hall,
a 2,500-seat concert hall and Perelman Theater,
a 650-seat recital theater.
Kimmel Center
260 South Broad Street
215-790-5800
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