{"id":6597,"date":"2009-05-20T14:55:39","date_gmt":"2009-05-20T18:55:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/?p=6597"},"modified":"2009-05-20T14:57:09","modified_gmt":"2009-05-20T18:57:09","slug":"the-seneca-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/accessniagara.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/20\/the-seneca-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"The Seneca is Back"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the Niagara Falls Review<\/a><\/p>\n

Seneca Theater Rendering<\/p>\n

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Close to 15 years after the curtain closed, the Seneca Theatre is back in business this week.<\/p>\n

And it took a savvy group of gypsies to pull it off.<\/p>\n

For nearly a year, Gypsy Theatre owners John Dalingwater and Bernadette Feeney have been transforming the abandoned former movie house into the city’s newest live theatre venue.<\/p>\n

The pay-off comes Thursday, when the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic Cats starts a four-week run, and a huge part of Queen Street’s revitalization gets underway.<\/p>\n

“I really feel part of a community on this street,” says Feeney, who started Gypsy Theatre with husband John 20 years ago in Fort Erie.<\/p>\n

“I truly believe (it will thrive). And the reason I believe that with all my heart is that every single business person (here) has passion for what they’re doing.<\/p>\n

“Because you enjoy what you’re doing, you put more into it.”<\/p>\n

The theatre is one of several Queen Street properties owned by Historic Niagara Development Inc., who have put just over $1 million into extensive renovations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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