week 5-Lauren Gillingham- The Brady Theatre

The Brady Theater, formerly known as the Tulsa Convention Hall or Tulsa Municipal Theater, is now a theater in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The Brady was completed in 1914, and has since been remodeled both in 1930 and 1952.

The Brady is definitely not our biggest concert hall, but it can hold its own. The building is four stories tall. It was designed with a seating capacity for 4,200 people (1,300 in the balcony), slopes 13 feet from back to front, and the stage is 70 feet wide and 40 feet deep. In 1930, architect Bruce Goff was hired as designer of a major interior renovation. He was given thirty days to transform the barn-like space into an elegant showplace suitable for a city that was becoming known as "The Oil Capital of the World." This is another representation of the Art Deco style in Tulsa; from the draperies and seats, vertical wall panels of white plaster decorated with thin gold dividers, to the gilded air conditioning grilles, and acoustic ceiling tiles painted green, blue, white, and gold complete with the five massive green and white pendant light fixtures in the auditorium. In 1952, additions were constructed at the front and rear of the original structure. Upper and lower lobbies were added and the building was renamed Tulsa Municipal Theater. The architectural design at the time was referred to as Western Classic Revival. In 1978, The City of Tulsa sold the building to current owner, Peter Mayo, and In 1979, the building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Renamed simply The Brady Theater, and lovingly known to locals as "The Old Lady on Brady," it continues to operate as a venue to a variety of concerts, and theatrical productions.