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        "id": 1204776,
        "msgid": "first-world-class-theater-to-be-built-here-next-year-1447893297",
        "date": "1995-10-24 00:00:00",
        "title": "First world-class theater to be built here next year",
        "author": null,
        "source": "JP",
        "tags": null,
        "topic": null,
        "summary": "First world-class theater to be built here next year JAKARTA (JP): The construction of the country's first international playhouse will begin next May, announced Wiyogo Atmodarminto, chairman of the Yayasan Kesenian Jakarta, a local art foundation. \"The ground breaking will mark the total renovation of Taman Ismail Marzuki,\" Wiyogo said yesterday, referring to the art complex in Cikini, Central Jakarta. The new theater will be built on the site of the complex's open-air theater.",
        "content": "<p>First world-class theater to be built here next year<\/p>\n<p>JAKARTA (JP): The construction of the country's first<br>\ninternational playhouse will begin next May, announced Wiyogo<br>\nAtmodarminto, chairman of the Yayasan Kesenian Jakarta, a local<br>\nart foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\"The ground breaking will mark the total renovation of Taman<br>\nIsmail Marzuki,\" Wiyogo said yesterday, referring to the art<br>\ncomplex in Cikini, Central Jakarta. The new theater will be built<br>\non the site of the complex's open-air theater.<\/p>\n<p>He said that the new playhouse will have a state-of-the-art<br>\nsound system and a capacity of 1,500 seats.<\/p>\n<p>Currently the city's only playhouse, the Gedung Kesenian<br>\nJakarta in Central Jakarta, seats 460<\/p>\n<p>\"We have to be serious in building this theater. We will use<br>\nforeign consultants to prepare the audio facilities but the<br>\narchitectural design is being prepared by local consultants,\"<br>\nsaid Pia Alisjahbana, a member of the foundation.<\/p>\n<p>\"The playhouse project will cost Rp 60 billion and it will<br>\ntake three years to construct it,\" Wiyogo said.<\/p>\n<p>Wiyogo, a former Jakarta governor, said the public's<br>\nappreciation of art is growing and that it is time for the city<br>\nto have adequate facilities to accommodate the growing demand, he<br>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>Recalling the numbers attracted to the recently-concluded Art<br>\nSummit '95, Wiyogo said the 27-year-old Taman Ismail Marzuki is<br>\nno longer adequate as an arts center.<\/p>\n<p>Renovation of the entire complex is expected to cost Rp 200<br>\nbillion and to take 10 years to complete.<\/p>\n<p>\"Everything in TIM, including the art exhibition center and<br>\nthe Jakarta Art Institute campus, will be reformed to meet<br>\ninternational standards,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>The renovation of TIM will be jointly financed by the city<br>\nadministration and the public.<\/p>\n<p>\"The foundation will hold a fund raising drive to collect<br>\nmoney from the public,\" he said, adding that donors making large<br>\ncontributions will have the opportunity to have their name put to<br>\ncertain facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\"Or they can simply donate money to the foundation,\" he<br>\nsaid.(yns)<\/p>",
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