Editing Roanoke, Virginia (section)

===Arts===
The Berglund Performing Arts Theatre is a 2,150-seat venue within the larger Berglund Center complex.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://berglundcenter.live/about/about-us |access-date=May 11, 2023 |website=Berglund Center |language=en |archive-date=July 16, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220716005708/https://berglundcenter.live/about/about-us |url-status=live}}</ref> It regularly hosts concerts,<ref name=Dickens1>{{cite news |last=Dickens |first=Tad |date=January 11, 2023 |title=Old Crow Medicine Show returns to Roanoke |work=The Roanoke Times |page=3A}}</ref><ref name=Dickens2>{{cite news |last=Dickens |first=Tad |date=May 27, 2021 |title=From the lips of the Berglund: Hinder returning to Roanoke |work=The Roanoke Times |page=2A}}</ref> touring Broadway theatre performances,<ref name=Helms-Beckner>{{cite news |last=Helms-Beckner |first=Alexis |date=April 11, 2022 |title=Out & About: 'Cats' at Berglund theater |work=The Roanoke Times |page=8B}}</ref><ref name=Allen6>{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Mike |date=May 19, 2019 |title=Cornershot: Broadway in Roanoke unveils 2019-20 performance season |work=The Roanoke Times |page=1E}}</ref> stand-up comedy shows,<ref name=Dickens3>{{cite news |last=Dickens |first=Tad |date=July 7, 2022 |title=Brian Regan, Scythian, Paul thorn, 4848 Fest Top Tickets |work=The Roanoke Times |page=8B}}</ref><ref name=Comedy>{{cite news |date=July 19, 2022 |title=Comedy double-bill set for Roanoke |work=The Roanoke Times |page=8B}}</ref> and the [[Miss Virginia]] pageant.<ref name=Mouketo1>{{cite news |last=Mouketo |first=Julia |date=June 27, 2022 |title=Ashburn woman wins Miss Virginia crown |work=The Roanoke Times |page=1A}}</ref><ref name=MissVa>{{cite news |date=June 24, 2017 |title=Miss Virginia names more preliminary winners |work=The Roanoke Times |page=2A}}</ref> The city's first permanent artwork funded by the Percent for Art ordinance {{endash}} a law stating that the city must set aside 1% of its capital improvements budget for the purchasing of [[public art]]<ref name=Allen1/> {{endash}} stands before the theater. Dedicated in 2008 to celebrate the city's 150th anniversary,<ref>{{Cite web |title=In My Hands |url=https://www.roanokeva.gov/gallery.aspx?PID=183 |access-date=May 11, 2023 |website=Roanoke, VA |language=en |archive-date=May 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511192637/https://www.roanokeva.gov/gallery.aspx?PID=183 |url-status=live}}</ref> the {{convert|30|ft|m|adj=on}} stainless steel sculpture, "In My Hands", is one of over 160 public works of art in Roanoke.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Roanoke Arts Commission |url=https://roanokearts.org/ |access-date=August 8, 2023 |website=Roanoke Arts Commission |language=en |archive-date=August 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230810225227/https://roanokearts.org/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Jefferson Center in Roanoke Virginia.jpg|thumb|The Jefferson Center as it appeared in 2023. The [[Tudor Revival architecture|Tudor Revival]] building opened as Jefferson High School in 1924.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jefferson Center - Roanoke's Premier Performing Arts and Cultural Center |url=https://www.jeffcenter.org/about |access-date=August 30, 2023 |website=www.jeffcenter.org |language=en |archive-date=August 30, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830165245/https://www.jeffcenter.org/about |url-status=live}}</ref>]]
The Jefferson Center is a former city high school that saw extensive renovation during the 1990s, turning it into a mixed-use building including office space for non-profits and city departments, event space for meetings and receptions, and the Shaftman Performance Hall, a 925-seat theatre created from the original high school's auditorium.<ref name=Kittredge3>{{cite news |last=Kittredge |first=Kevin |date=April 29, 2001 |title=Curtain up! |work=The Roanoke Times |page=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Jefferson Center - Roanoke's Premier Performing Arts and Cultural Center |url=https://www.jeffcenter.org/facilities |access-date=May 12, 2023 |website=www.jeffcenter.org |language=en |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512150646/https://www.jeffcenter.org/facilities |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2006, the former Dumas Hotel was reopened as the Dumas Center for Artistic and Cultural Development.<ref name=Hutkin1>{{cite news |last=Hutkin |first=Erinn |date=November 5, 2006 |title=Music revives Dumas |work=The Roanoke Times |page=1B}}</ref> The center is located on Henry Street, which served as the commercial and cultural center of Roanoke's African-American community before a mid-20th century urban renewal project that saw much of the historic [[Gainsboro Historic District|Gainsboro]] neighborhood razed or relocated.<ref name="Bishop">{{Cite news |last=Bishop |first=Mary |date=January 29, 1995 |title=Urban Renewal's Untold Stories |at=Special Section |work=The Roanoke Times & World News |url=https://www.roanokeva.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1532/Street-by-Street-Block-by-Block |access-date=May 12, 2023 |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512154755/https://www.roanokeva.gov/DocumentCenter/View/1532/Street-by-Street-Block-by-Block |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Fullilove |first=Mindy Thompson |title=Root Shock: how tearing up city neighborhoods hurts America, and what we can do about it |publisher=One World/Ballantine Books |year=2004 |isbn=978-0-345-45422-5}}</ref> The Dumas Hotel hosted such guests as [[Louis Armstrong]], [[Ethel Waters]], [[Count Basie]], [[Duke Ellington]] and [[Nat King Cole]] when they performed in Roanoke.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Annette |date=May 1, 2017 |title=Why Sell The Dumas, A Valuable Piece Of History |url=https://tapintohope.org/2017/05/01/why-sell-the-dumas-a-valuable-piece-of-history/ |access-date=May 11, 2023 |website=TAP |language=en-US |archive-date=May 11, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230511183733/https://tapintohope.org/2017/05/01/why-sell-the-dumas-a-valuable-piece-of-history/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The renovated Dumas Center features an auditorium with more than 200 seats,<ref name=Hutkin1 /> and the building is a contributing structure to the [[Henry Street Historic District]], listed in 2004 to the National Register of Historic Places.<ref name="NatRegHenry">{{cite web |author=Blanton, Alison |date=June 2004 |title=Henry Street Historic District Final Nomination |url=https://www.dhr.virginia.gov/VLR_to_transfer/PDFNoms/128-5764_Henry_Street_HD_2004_Final_Nomination.pdf |access-date=December 21, 2023 |publisher=Virginia Department of Historic Resources}}</ref>

Since 1964, the Roanoke Valley has hosted performances by the Mill Mountain Theatre, a [[Regional theater in the United States|regional theatre]] that has been located in Center in the Square since its original home atop Mill Mountain burned down in 1976.<ref name=Kittredge4>{{cite news |last=Kittredge |first=Kevin |date=April 16, 2010 |title=Mona Black was life of Mill Mountain Theatre |work=The Roanoke Times |page=1A0}}</ref> The theatre has both a main stage for mainstream performances and a smaller [[black box theatre]] called Waldron Stage, which hosts both newer and more experimental plays along with other live events.<ref name=Allen7>{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Mike |date=October 17, 2018 |title=Mill Mountain Theatre announces 2019 season |work=The Roanoke Times |page=1E}}</ref>

Roanoke has been home to the Showtimers Community Theatre since 1951,<ref name=Allen8>{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Mike |date=June 26, 2020 |title=Showtimers to explore new ways to reach out after canceling 70th season |work=The Roanoke Times |page=2A}}</ref> and since 2008, the Virginia Children's Theatre has presented shows aimed at a younger audience, often based on children's literature.<ref name=Allen9>P{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Mike |date=August 18, 2019 |title=Roanoke Children's Theatre opens new chapter |work=The Roanoke Times |page=1E}}</ref> Originally formed as Roanoke Children's Theatre and housed in the Taubman Museum at that building's opening, the theatre expanded into the Dumas Center in 2013, and in 2016 moved to its current home in the Jefferson Center.<ref name=Allen9 />

[[Opera Roanoke]] is Southwest Virginia's only professional opera company, established in 1976 as the Southwest Virginia Opera Society.<ref name=Opera>{{cite news |date=October 28, 2021 |title=Opera Roanoke scores a US premiere |work=The Roanoke Times |page=6A}}</ref> It has performed under its current name since 1991, and its official orchestra since 2004 has been the [[Roanoke Symphony Orchestra]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Opera Roanoke |url=https://www.virginia.org/listing/opera-roanoke/15208/ |access-date=May 12, 2023 |website=www.virginia.org |language=en-us |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512190559/https://www.virginia.org/listing/opera-roanoke/15208/ |url-status=live}}</ref> That group was established in 1953.<ref name="Staplefoote-2018">{{Cite web |last=Staplefoote |first=Liz |date=September 4, 2018 |title=Roanoke Has a Lot to Celebrate |url=https://theroanoker.com/api/content/d8d1ba9c-abcc-11e8-9d62-120bd63a0354/ |access-date=May 12, 2023 |website=TheRoanoker.com |language=en-us |archive-date=December 18, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218213309/https://theroanoker.com/magazine/features/roanoke-has-a-lot-to-celebrate/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The orchestra performs out of the Berglund Performing Arts Theatre, Salem Civic Center, and Shaftman Performance Hall at Jefferson Center.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Venues & Locations |url=https://rso.com/venues-locations/ |access-date=May 12, 2023 |website=Roanoke Symphony Orchestra |language=en-US |archive-date=May 12, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512183801/https://rso.com/venues-locations/ |url-status=live}}</ref>