Rabu, 24 Januari 2018

The Woodlawn Theatre is once again for sale

The Woodlawn Theatre is back on the market.

The asking price for the Deco District space is $1.95 million.

The theater was briefly listed for sale in December, sparking lots of social media buzz before the listing was removed. It was an asset in the divorce of co-owners Kurt Wehner and Sherry Redden Wehner.

The building is home to Woodlawn Theatricals, a community theater that operates in the main space, and Classic Theatre, which is based in an adjoining black box space.

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It is listed through Phyllis Browning Co.

Chris Berry is the real estate agent for the building. Berry also is an actor who often has appeared in shows on the Woodlawn stage.

Both Classic and Woodlawn Theatricals are in rehearsals for upcoming productions. Classic opens "Bless Me, Ultima" on Feb. 16. Woodlawn Theatricals is preparing to open "The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber" on Feb. 23 and has announced five other productions this year. Its Woodlawn Academy education program just opened a chidlren's version of "The Lion King."

"The organization is not for sale," said Christopher Rodriguez, who is the company's artistic and executive director. "The building block is."

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Rodriguez said he has been talking to the Wehners to make sure the transition goes smoothly.

"Basically it's business as normal for us," he said. "And, hopefully, with the sale of the theater, we can get someone who is invested in the Deco District and will really get behind us.

"I don't want our patrons or supporters to think, 'Oh, this is going to be the last of the Woodlawn.' We're still around, and we're not going anywhere."

The theater opened in 1946 as a movie theater. Among its claims to fame is that it was the site for the 1960 world premiere of the John Wayne movie "The Alamo." It was later converted into a live theater space.

The Wehners bought the space in 2012.

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