History of the Missouri Theatre and Missouri Symphony Society

Over the past 83 years, a history of tears, joy, frustration, imagination and perspiration, hopeful effort has been intently composed behind the marquee of the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts. There is more than enough fodder for all the makings of a fascinating narrative. Yet, the building’s story is also inextricably bound up with the history of the Missouri Symphony Society, which was at one time the only community-based symphony present in Columbia.

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