NYC Radio City Music Hall

One of the most popular and spectacular venues in New York City, Radio City Music Hall has been delighting audience members since it first opened in 1932. Conceived by S.L. "Roxy" Rothafel, it was the largest indoor theater in the world at the time.
The theater was designed in the Art Deco style, which utilizes glass, aluminum, chrome, and geometric ornamentation. The famous marquee, a full city block in length, consists of more than six miles of red and blue neon tubes. The Grand Foyer ceiling is adorned with 24-carat gold leaf.
Above the Grand Staircase, in the Grand Foyer, is a huge mural by Erzra Winter. The sixty foot by thirty foot mural depicts mankind in his pursuit of eternal youth. The Wurlitzer Organ, a 1932 original, has two independent consoles on each side of the stage. An organist is able to reproduce the sound of an entire orchestra using the features of this organ. The auditorium is truly breathtaking. Inspired by a cruise on an ocean-liner, Rothafels wanted the auditorium to resemble the sun setting on an ocean of red velvet seats.
Synonymous with Radio City Music Hall is the Rockettes Chorus Line. They were founded in 1925 when Russell Markert began selecting dancing girls for the Missouri Rockets precision dance team. The troupe toured the country and eventually found a permanent home in New York. Rothafel saw them and decided he wanted them for his new Roxy Theater. He renamed them the Roxyettes. Eventually, the chorus line was expanded and the name was changed to The Rockettes. Today, there are over 175 women in The Rockettes dance troupe. Their Easter performances and Christmas spectaculars are popular events for visitors and New Yorkers alike. In 1979, Radio City moved beyond its traditional movie/stage format, and it now presents spectacular live stage performances, concerts, television events, and Hollywood movie premieres.