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Q&A with Patrick T. Colvin of the Friends of the Historic Variety Theatre
View of the stage from the main level of the auditorium. I recently spoke with Patrick Colvin of the Friends of the Historic Variety Theatre. The Friends of the Historic Variety Theatre own and are...
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Uptown (Majestic) Theatre
View of the auditorium from the balcony. The Uptown Theatre opened as the Majestic Theatre on May 2, 1928 in Racine, Wisconsin. The 1,300 seat theater was designed by local architect B. Wade Denham for...
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Majestic Theatre
View of the auditorium from the balcony. The Majestic Theatre opened on February 26, 1928 in East St. Louis, Illinois. It was designed by the Boller Brothers for Harry Redmon and Fred Leber. The Boller...
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The Ramova Theatre
The Ramova Theatre auditorium. The Ramova Theatre opened on August 21, 1929 in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The 1,500 seat theater was designed by architect Meyer O. Nathan in the...
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Lecture Update
National Theatre Detroit, MI Just a quick reminder – there are still tickets available to my lecture at the Observatory in Brooklyn on December 3 at 7:30PM. Tickets can be purchased at...
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Madison Theatre
View of the auditorium from the balcony. The Madison Theatre opened on October 16, 1920 in Peoria, Illinois. It was built by architect Frederic J. Klein (known for Rockford, Illinois’ Coronado Theatre)...
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The National Theatre
View of the auditorium from the balcony. The National Theatre opened on September 16, 1911 in Detroit, Michigan. Designed by Detroit architect Albert Kahn (who designed so many buildings in Detroit...
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Fabian Theatre
View of the balcony auditorium after multiplexing. The Fabian Theatre opened on December 14, 1925 in Paterson, New Jersey. Designed by Paterson architect Fred Wesley Wentworth for theater magnate Jacob...
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Eastown Theatre
View of the auditorium from the balcony. The Eastown Theatre opened on October 1, 1931 in Detroit, Michigan. It was built by the architectural firm of V.J. Waiver and Company for the Wisper and Westman...
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The Michigan Theatre
The theater’s proscenium arch. Built on the site of Henry Ford’s first garage, the Michigan Theatre opened on August 23, 1926 in Detroit, Michigan. The 4,038 seat theater was designed by Chicago-based...
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Shapshot: Liberty Theatre
Introducing: the Snapshot Series - Occasionally in my travels I come across a theater that I can’t find a lot of information on, or that I only have a chance to photograph for an hour or two. They’re...
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Road Trip 2013 Day 2
Lyric Theatre Birmingham, AL. Day two was spent photographing the Lyric Theatre in Birmingham, Alabama. The Lyric opened in 1914 as a vaudeville theater, and was eventually converted to show films....
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Road Trip 2013 Day 5
View of the auditorium from the balcony. The next stop on the trip was the Okla Theatre in McAlester, Oklahoma. The Okla opened on July 10, 1931 and closed on September 4, 1989. The city of McAlester...
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Road Trip 2013 Day 6
View from the balcony of the Berry Theatre. After making a quick stop at the Dallas Fort Worth Airport to drop off some of my road trip companions, I headed over to the Berry Theatre in Fort Worth. The...
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Road Trip 2013 Day 7
View of the stage from the main level. The last stop of the trip was the Paramount Theatre in Marshall, Texas. The Paramount opened in 1930, and has had a number of different uses over the years. After...
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Embassy Theatre
View of the auditorium from the side of the balcony. The Embassy Theatre opened August 12, 1926 in Port Chester, NY. Designed by prominent theater architect Thomas W. Lamb, the 1,591 seat theater was...
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July Print Sale Week 1 – Proctor’s Palace Theatre
Upper Balcony, Proctor’s Palace Theatre Newark, NJ For my summer print sale I decided to do something a bit different — instead of doing one sale for the month, there will be a different sale for each...
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Grand Theatre Steubenville, Ohio
All of the seats have been recently removed due to the upcoming restoration. The Grand Theatre building was built in 1885 by German immigrant Jacob Griesinger, Sr. in Steubenville, Ohio. It originally...
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The Jayhawk State Theatre of Kansas
View of the auditorium from the balcony. The Jayhawk Theatre opened in August of 1926 in Topeka, Kansas. It was built by local architect Thomas W. Williamson, and designed by the Boller Brothers. The...
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And Now for Something (kind of) Different
B&W Image from the Loew’s Collection, American Theatre Architecture Archive, Theatre Historical Society of America I’m currently working on something I’m very excited about, but can’t announce just...
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