In the year of 1951, the famous Lebanon Opera House was turned into the movie theater of the town, but later it was closed at the end of 1960s as it has no further future plans. With all the fortune, the Lebanon Opera House was took back to life in the year of 1969 by the Ralph Bowie who was a music director of Lebanon High School. After understanding the significance of the opera house, the house was renovated and live theater was performed once again in the Lebanon Opera House. Bowie who was the pioneer of United States, was joined with his great efforts by local showman Jack O'Connell, in collaboration with the Dartmouth College. They handled to tempt many professional outputs to the theater.
For the inadequate facilities, the further shows were rejected to play in that theater hall though it was the only support of the City. After the renovation of the Lebanon Opera House in the year of 1975 and after that the pre-Broadway run of Moss Hart's Light Up The Sky was brilliantly delivered. In addition, for the following sixteen years, the Lebanon Opera House continued to provide mainly as a place for school plays as well as musicals, municipal meetings, community groups. These were possible by the excellent effort of Ralph Bowie with the help of his colleague music teacher, Ken Munsey. Nowadays, the most famous Lebanon Opera House caters an approximated 30,000 audiences each year.
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