[1][2] It is named for local philanthropists Dr. Benjamin Schuster and his wife, Marian, who donated the lead gift ($8 million) for the project.

The Schuster Center opened as an additional venue to house Dayton Live's larger touring Broadway productions and presentations.

Built on the former site of the Rike-Kumler department store, construction commenced in April 2000 and was completed in February 2003 for a total cost of $121 million.

A fiber optic "starfield" on the ceiling of the Winsupply Theatre re-creates the night sky on the day of the Wright Brothers' first airplane flight in 1903.

The Schuster Center has hosted musicals including Hamilton, The Lion King, Les Misérables, Wicked, Jersey Boys, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and Beauty and the Beast.