Interactive theater and feature presentation system

The present invention relates generally to an apparatus for teaching and entertainment and, in particular, to an apparatus for interactively presenting information in multiple formats simultaneously to an audience. A interactive system () for presenting information to members of an audience includes a main server () connected to a slave server (), a video projector () connected to the slaver server for displaying information to all members of an audience, a memory in the main server and a laser disc unit () connected to slave server for storing information related to a plurality of categories and a plurality of topics related to each of the categories, and a plurality of seat computers () connected through an audience response server () to the main server. Each seat computer generates category selection signals and topic selection signals upon actuation by an associated audience member and displays the stored information to the associated audience member. The main server () is responsive to the category selection signals for controlling the video projector () to display the stored information related to at least a first topic choice related to a first category choice of the audience on a screen () visible to the audience. For each audience member who did not select the first category choice, the main server () controls the associated seat computer to display the stored information related to another one of the categories selected by the audience member.