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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 01:32:00

The floor itself moves: hydraulic lifts tilt the orchestra level from raked concert seating to a flat ballroom, so the same room hosts the Louisiana Philharmonic one night and a standing rock crowd the next. The Orpheum Theater at 129 Roosevelt Way in downtown New Orleans reopened in 2015 after a decade dark. The building is a Beaux Arts vertical hall from vaudeville's golden age: designed by G. Albert Lansburgh - architect of the Los Angeles Orpheum and Martin Beck Theatre - built from 1918 an...