The Fulton Opera House is a grand Victorian theatre, which has the honorable distinction of being one of the few national historic landmark theatres in the U.S. Refurbished in the mid-90s, it has classic seating arrangements, including a mezzanine which has fantastic views of the stage and elegant birds-eye box seats, as well as upper gallery seating. The environment has an old-fashioned elegant and intimate feel, which adds dimension to theatre-going: dramatic pillars, marble staircases, high-ceilinged foyers and ornate goldleafed ceilings. The Fulton hosts theatrical productions including Actors Company of Pennsylvania (Actor's Equity Association productions), musical performances by Lancaster Symphony Orchestra and the Lancaster Opera Company, and ballet theatre. My recent, and first-time visit to the Fulton was to see "Inherit the Wind," about the Scopes monkey trial. To be quite honest, I was more intrigued by looking at the theatre architecture than watching the drama on-stage, in which the actors were "overacting" a bit. I suspect that other performances are of higher-caliber, as the theatre has a fine reputation for quality shows.
The season schedule is on the Fulton's website,www.fultontheatre.org