Capital Region News

The Madison Goes LIVE!

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas

Published October 24, 2014 at 4:59 PM EDT

Albany's Madison Theater is going to feature live performances.

The Madison Theater's live entertainment venue will open Saturday, Oct. 25 at 8 p.m.

Dan Laiosa is the Madison's general manager. He says "It's the final phase of our renovations at the theater"

The opening show features live jazz from the Nancy and Spencer Reed Quartet.

"The Madison theater dot com has our movie schedule and it'll have an events schedule. We have a few dates in November and we're filling up with some events pretty quick."

The live entertainment venue comes just ten months after the 168-seat theater’s two movie auditoriums reopened in January after an extensive renovation.

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Dave Lucas

Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.

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