Orpheum opens educational ‘Balcony Project’ exhibit
“The Balcony Project” is a new Orpheum Theatre exhibit that tells the story of segregation in the South and the venue’s role in that history. (Orpheum Theatre Group)
Outside of where the Orpheum Theatre’s Black-only balcony entrance once stood, a new educational exhibit was unveiled on Wednesday.
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