The converted bus stop that will allow actors to get from one side of the stage to the other
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The balcony level boasts a private box available for parties to rent
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A view of the stage from the balcony, then and now
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The Art Deco concession stand will be restored
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Down the circular staircase
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Makeup rooms
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The new costume shop
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A view of the soon-to-be administrative offices
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A glimpse of Superior Street from the administrative offices
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Rehearsal space in the same proportions as the main stage is vital for blocking movement
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More rehearsal space
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A view of Superior Street from the rehearsal space window
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The balcony of the original Orpheum Theater, then and now. Despite being sacrificed for infrastructure, the contracter left many original features out of appreciation for the history
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The NorShor will be connected with the skywalk system so theatre-goers can park and leave their coats in the car
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The lobby of the movie theater when you entered the NorShor - then and now
Lisa Johnson started her broadcast career anchoring the television news at her high school and spinning country music at KWWK/KOLM Radio in Rochester, Minnesota. She was a reporter and news anchor at KTHI in Fargo, ND (not to mention the host of a children's program called "Lisa's Lane") and a radio reporter and anchor in Moorhead, Bismarck, Wahpeton and Fergus Falls.Since 1991, she has hosted Northland Morning on KUMD. One of the best parts of her job includes "paying it forward" by mentoring upcoming journalists and broadcasters on the student news team that helps produce Northland Morning. She also loves introducing the different people she meets in her job to one another, helping to forge new "community connections" and partnerships.Lisa has amassed a book collection weighing over two tons, and she enjoys reading, photography, volunteering with Animal Allies Humane Society and fantasizing about farmland. She goes to bed at 8pm, long before her daughter, two cats, or three dogs.
We catch up with Christine Seitz, executive director of the Duluth Playhouse, in the midst of giving a tour of Duluth's historic NorShore Theater. We get…