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The Gem Theatre is a historic movie theater building located in Detroit, Michigan.Built in 1927, it shares a lobby with the older Century Theatre next door. The National Register of Historic Places listed both theatres together in 1985 and they were relocated in 1997 to prevent demolition.
Gem Theatre or Gem Theater may refer to: Gem Theatre (Detroit) Gem Theater (Deadwood, South Dakota) Gem Theatre (Kannapolis, North Carolina) Gem Theater (New Orleans)
By the 1970s mezzanine and balcony seating areas were closed to the public. In 1984 Chuck Forbes, owner of the State and Gem theaters, proposed a renovation project. These plans were never fully realized, but in 1988 the theater was acquired by new owners, Mike and Marian Ilitch, who fully restored the Fox at a cost of $12 million. [4]
Detroit’s Fox Theatre has gotten an update nearly a century in the making. For the first time since it opened in 1928, all-new seats have been installed inside the grand, historic downtown venue ...
Demolition of the old National Theatre building in Detroit was well underway on Jan. 30, 2024. Another old and long-vacant downtown Detroit theater, the United Artists Theatre, 150 Bagley St., was ...
The Century Theatre in Detroit shares a lobby with the Gem Theatre. The theatre has seating at cabaret tables, and the stage hosts quirky shows, such as Forbidden Broadway , Menopause the Musical , and Late Nite Catechism .
The 14-story Detroit Temple is the largest Masonic Temple in the world, boasting a 4,404-seat theater, a 1,586-seat Scottish Rite Cathedral, a 17,500-square-foot (1,630 m 2) drill hall, and two ballrooms—one of which measures 17,264 square feet (1,603.9 m 2) and holds up to 1,000. It was constructed in 1922.
In a notable preservation, the Gem Theatre and Century Theatre were moved (off their foundation) to a new address across from the Music Hall Center in order to construct Comerica Park. Detroit's 1,571-seat Redford Theatre (1928), with its Japanese motifs, is home to the Motor City Theatre Organ Society (MCTOS). [12] [13]