The Marion Malkin Memorial Bowl, or Malkin Bowl, is a 2000-seat outdoor theatreinStanley Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.[1][2] Malkin Bowl is home to Theatre Under The Stars,[3] which stages family-friendly Broadway musicals there.[4][5]
The Malkin Bowl was built in 1934 to replace a more traditional bandstand which had stood at the same location since 1911.[6] The Bowl was designed as a two-thirds-size replica of the Hollywood Bowl. Allard de Ridder, then conductor of the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, was largely responsible, along with John Vanderpant,[7] for convincing W.H. Malkin, a former mayor of Vancouver, to build the theatre as a summer concert venue for the orchestra.[8][9] Malkin endowed the theatre in memory of his wife, Marion.[10]
In spite of the lack of backstage space, in 1940 Theatre Under the Stars began staging operettas and musicals at the Malkin Bowl.[11] In 1950, six productions were held during the summer season.[12]
A live variety show, hosted by Norman Campbell and broadcast on CBC Radio, was also performed at the Bowl during the late 1940s and early 1950s.[11]
Canadian progressive rock band Harmonium recorded its live album, Harmonium en tournée, at the Malkin Bowl on June 20,1977 (released in 1980).[13][14]
More recently the Malkin Bowl has hosted rock and pop concerts between theatre productions.[15][16]
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