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The Moon Theater is a theater owned by Buster Moon. It is a major setting in the 2016 film Sing built on 551 Echo Drive in Calatonia. It is the theater where the famous retired actress Nana Noodleman performed in shows such as Epiphany. HistorySingWhile he and his father watch Nana Noodleman perform in Epiphany, 6-year-old Buster Moon realizes his love of theater, and his father goes on to save up money by washing cars for 30 years so that Buster could buy the theater, which he dubbed the "Moon Theater". Buster has been living in the theater since he obtained ownership of it. Under ownership of Buster Moon, the Moon Theater has been home to various (apparently failed) shows such as "It's Frozen Fun!", "Sinister Street", "War of Attrition", and "Rosie Takes a Bow". Troubled with debt to various stage crews and the SFJ Bank threatening to repossess the theater, Buster launches a singing competition with an intended grand prize of $1,000 (falsely advertised as $100,000 due to a typo on Miss Crawly's part) as a last-ditch effort to restore the popularity of the theater. The age of the theater is shown with small parts breaking and becoming damaged even with the slightest interaction. As Buster continues to lose money and good luck, the theater loses power due to an unpaid bill and Buster illegally siphons power from a neighboring building. After Buster offers a private performance by his contestants for Nana Noodleman's consideration of funding the competition, he and Meena take glass panels from throughout the theater to create an LED-like stage with a water-filled tank filled with luminescent squids. As the private performance for Nana begins to take place, a trio of bears that are threatening Mike enter and demand that Buster shows them the money. After Buster insists that Mike must win the money first, the leader bear smashes the chest with a baseball bat which almost goes through the bottom of the stage. After the bears and Buster's contestants see there is less than $1,000 in the chest, they begin to surround him as the stage begins to crack from everyone's weight, along with the damage the bears just caused. Upon more and more cracking, water begins to gush out in various spots. After Eddie screams, "Buster, look out!" the stage completely shatters and floods the Moon Theater. Nana Noodleman and Eddie barely escape the carnage as Meena unintentionally blocks the exit of the building with her size while balconies and other parts of the theater collapse. After the pressure of the rushing water forces Meena out, the entire front of the theater is blown out on to the street. As witnesses nearby look in shock, a rumble begins to shake the ground, and the entire Moon Theater collapses and disintegrates into rubble. A shocked Buster slowly walks into the rubble, finds the bucket his father used for car washing, and breaks down into tears as Miss Crawly comforts him. The theater is then officially repossessed by Judith for the bank. After the destruction of the Moon Theater, Buster moves in with his best friend Eddie at his parents' pool house. As Buster eats breakfast while watching news coverage of the previous day's events, Johnny, Rosita, Gunter, Meena, Ash, and Miss Crawly come to the pool house in an attempt to comfort him, but fail in the process. Buster follows in the footsteps of his late father and restarts the Moon car washing business to earn money, but fails to keep a customer until Eddie helps him out as a car dryer. While helping a customer with their car, Buster notices Meena singing "Hallelujah" in the rubble of the Moon Theater. Buster is highly impressed and inspired to host a new, nonprofit show with all of his participants, free to view for all guests. Buster and his participants construct a new stage and seating section using salvaged parts from the rubble of the theater. Initially faced with a small crowd, Buster is still ecstatic to have the show and rounds his participants up for a supporting speech. The show, covered by skeptical news outlets, ends up being a huge success, energizing and inspiring the crowd to dance and sing along to the songs. Impressed with the success of the show, Nana Noodleman silently gives praise to Buster Moon from within the crowd. She signs the papers to purchase the lot of the Moon Theater from the bank, and the theater is rebuilt (presumably with a similar internal layout). The grand reopening of the theater, along with the cutting of the ribbon, closes Sing. Love At First SightIn Buster's office, Miss Crawly daydreams about being on a date. When she expresses her longing for romance, Johnny helps her set up an internet dating profile on the office's computer. Sing 2Now called the "New Moon Theater", in which most of his singing competition participants now perform regularly, it is where Buster produces the show Alice In Wonderland. He and his troupe put on this show in hopes of impressing talent scout Suki Lane, who is in attendance. Suki leaves before the second act, and when Buster follows her to ask her why, she says he and the show are not good enough, and that he would never make it in the "big leagues". She then hails a taxi and leaves. Buster chases after her on his bicycle, asking if he and his troupe can audition for her boss, Jimmy Crystal. She rejects him again, and he returns to the theater disheartened. Nana Noodleman finds him sulking in his desk cabinet and encourages him to not give up. That night, Buster ruminates on the day's events and decides to follow her advice. He gathers props from the Alice In Wonderland play and brings his troupe to Redshore City to audition. Sing: ThrillerBuster welcomes patrons attending GMO the Musical, a Halloween-themed show. Afterwards, he is invited to Clay Calloway's Halloween party. Before he leaves, he sees a news report about a mysterious laboratory explosion, and is then hit on the head by a falling pumpkin, knocking him out and causing him to dream about Clay's party guests becoming dancing zombies. When he wakes up, Miss Crawly asks if he is well enough to go to the party, which Buster confirms. As they leave for Clay's party (for real this time), Buster tells her to remind him to fix the shelves. When Crawly turns off the lights, her eyes glow, a trait associated with the dancing zombies. Trivia
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