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=== Theatre and film === The city hosts numerous theatres and production houses, including the [[Yale Repertory Theatre]], the [[Long Wharf Theatre]], and the [[Shubert Theatre (New Haven)|Shubert Theatre]]. There is also theatre activity from the [[Yale School of Drama]], which works through the Yale University Theatre and the student-run [[Yale Cabaret]]. [[Southern Connecticut State University]] hosts the Lyman Center for the Performing Arts. The shuttered Palace Theatre (opposite the Shubert Theatre) was renovated and reopened as the College Street Music Hall in May 2015. Smaller theatres include the Little Theater on Lincoln Street. Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School also has a theatre on College Street. The theatre is used for student productions, and is the home to weekly services to a local non-denominational church, the City Church New Haven.<ref>[http://www.ourcitychurch.org/when_and_where/weekly.php "Weekly Gatherings"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920212644/http://www.ourcitychurch.org/when_and_where/weekly.php |date=September 20, 2013 }}. City Church New Haven. Retrieved March 14, 2012.</ref> The Shubert Theatre once premiered many major theatrical productions before their Broadway debuts. Productions that premiered at the Shubert include ''[[Oklahoma!]]'' (which was also written in New Haven<ref name="morganreed.com">[http://www.morganreed.com/taft_building.html The Taft Apartment Building—New Haven, Connecticut] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329105420/http://www.morganreed.com/taft_building.html |date=March 29, 2010 }}. Morganreed.com. Retrieved on July 15, 2013.</ref>), ''[[Carousel (musical)|Carousel]]'', ''[[South Pacific (musical)|South Pacific]]'', ''[[My Fair Lady]]'', ''[[The King and I]]'', and ''[[The Sound of Music]]'', and the [[Tennessee Williams]] play ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]''. Bow Tie Cinemas owns and operates the Criterion Cinemas, the first new movie theater to open in New Haven in over 30 years and the first luxury movie complex in the city's history. The Criterion has seven screens and opened in November 2004, showing a mix of upscale first run commercial and independent film.<ref>[http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2004/11/08/upscale-movie-theater-opens-doors-downtown/ Upscale movie theater opens doors downtown] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130209223807/http://www.yaledailynews.com/news/university-news/2004/11/08/upscale-movie-theater-opens-doors-downtown/ |date=February 9, 2013 }}. Yale Daily News (November 8, 2004). Retrieved on July 15, 2013.</ref>
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