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[[File:Jamshed_Bhabha_Theatre_NCPA.jpg|thumb|Members of the [[Israel Philharmonic Orchestra]] rehearse at the Jamshed Bhabha theater before their performance]]
'''The Jamshed Bhabha Theatre''' is a 1109-seater theatre inaugurated on 24 November 1999 within [[National Centre for the Performing Arts (India)|The National Centre for the Performing Arts]] premises in [[Mumbai]], India. It has hosted & staged Indian epics and classical concerts to western operas and ballets.

Besides the main auditorium, the theatre has three conference rooms, large foyer spaces and a museum. The acoustics of this theatre were designed to permit appreciation of individual instruments without any additional amplification.<ref name="HT1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/art-and-culture/insider-s-guide-to-ncpa-in-mumbai/story-AKS2Sxrpt8GJ5UCOeMMrfP.html|title=Insider's guide: National Centre for the Performing Arts in Mumbai |work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=24 September 2015| access-date=13 September 2019}}</ref>

The theatre is home to a 100-year-old staircase in its foyer. The staircase was donated to the NCPA by the [[Petit baronets|Petit]] family. It was originally part of the Petit hall at [[Malabar Hill]], made of [[Carrara marble]] shipped from Italy. When the Petit hall was demolished, the staircase was dismantled and stored in a warehouse for forty years until it was re-assembled and added to the theatre's foyer.<ref name="HT1"/>

A new, permanent exhibition located in the foyer of JBT, which opened to the public on 16 May 2018, pays tribute to the life and legacy of Jamshed Bhabha.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/man-behind-the-ncpa/articleshow/64046131.cms|title=A tribute to the life and legacy of Jamshed Bhabha, the man behind NCPA - Mumbai Mirror -|work=Mumbai Mirror|access-date=2018-05-19}}</ref> In 2016, the theatre hosted the first public shows of [[Mughal-e-Azam (musical)|''Mughal-e-Azam'']], a [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]]-style [[Musical theatre|musical]] directed by [[Feroz Abbas Khan]] and jointly produced by [[Shapoorji Pallonji Group]] and the [[National Centre for the Performing Arts (India)]]. The musical is based on the 1960 [[Bollywood]] film ''[[Mughal-e-Azam]]'', directed by [[K. Asif]] and produced by [[Shapoorji Pallonji Group|Shapoorji Pallonji]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/6Utc4pumyKSv7G0Mh9hZQO/MughaleAzam-now-a-stage-musical.html|title=Mughal-e-Azam, now a stage musical|last=Phukan|first=Vikram|date=2016-10-24|work=Mint|access-date=2018-05-22}}</ref> In 2019, the theatre produced and premiered the [[Agatha Christie]] whodunnit classic, ''[[The Mirror Crack'd]]''<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mumbaitheatreguide.com/dramas/Articles/20/jan/agatha-christies-the-mirror-crackd-on-stage-at-the-ncpa.asp#|title=The Mirror Crack'd on stage at NCPA|work=The Mumbai Theatre Guide|access-date=2019-01-27}}</ref> directed by [[Melly Still]], produced by [[Pádraig Cusack]], in a new version for an Indian audience by Ayeesha Menon,<ref>{{Citation|url=https://theagency.co.uk/the-clients/ayeesha-menon/|title=Ayeesha Menon - Playwright|access-date=2019-01-29}}</ref> based on the adaptation by Rachel Wagstaff of the novel ''[[The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side]]'', and starring [[Sonali Kulkarni]], [[Denzil Smith]] and [[Shernaz Patel]].

==See also==
* [[Tata Theatre]]
* [[Experimental Theatre (NCPA)]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.ncpamumbai.com/venue/jamshed-bhabha-theatre Jamshed Bhabha Theater at the NCPA]
* [http://www.ncpamumbai.com/about History of NCPA]

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