Dallas’ historic theater to relight its tower after $45 million redevelopment

Forest TheaterPhoto credit: Forest Forward/ Instagram Dallas’s historic Forest Theater is preparing for a dramatic return. Opened in 1949 and closed in 2008, the South Dallas landmark will reopen on November 1 with a community celebration that ends with the ceremonial relighting of its iconic tower and marquee for the first time in more than 50 years. The restoration is part of a redevelopment plan exceeding $45 million that will add a 1,000-person concert hall, creative education spaces and new cultural facilities, according to North Texas e-News (NTEX News) and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Read more details about it here:A landmark returns to South DallasThe Forest Theater opened in 1949 and became one of Dallas’s most important live entertainment venues. Over the decades, it hosted major artists including Prince, B.B. King, Gladys Knight, Ike and Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett and Dallas-born singer Erykah Badu. The theatre closed in 2008, leaving a significant gap in South Dallas’s cultural landscape. Its return is being described by Forest Forward, the nonprofit leading the project, as both a preservation effort and an investment in the neighbourhood’s future...