Philip Seymour Hoffman's velvet voice guides you through a $50 million resurrection.
Take a look behind the curtain to see the vast history and recent renovation of one of Rochester, New York's most famous landmarks. Architects, theater personnel, historians, community leaders, and citizens provide in depth insight from start to finish in one of the most extensive renovations the city has ever seen.
Production
Rare access to crumbling grandeur and surgical restoration.
Sound
Hoffman's narration—warm, weighty, gone too soon.
Cinematography
Before/after shots that'll make you gasp.
Director
Todd McCammon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The theater's original 1922 air conditioning system—ice bunkers and fans—was so innovative that other venues copied it for decades.
Kodak's CEO appears here during the company's final prosperous years; the documentary unknowingly captures a dying corporate empire funding its own history.
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