The $4 million restoration took less than nine months, and on July 9, 1982, the Ohio Theatre became the first Playhouse Square theater to reopen, with 1,000 seats, playing Shakespeare's As You Like It.
The $4 million restoration process was completed in less than nine months, and on July 9, 1982, the Ohio Theatre reopened its doors as the first Playhouse Square theater to resume operations, featuring a production of Shakespeare's As You Like It with 1,000 seats.