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The Motown piano is an 1877 Steinway & Sons Model D grand piano, used by many musicians including the Funk Brothers studio band, at the Hitsville U.S.A. Studio B from 1967 to 1972. On July 24, 2011, Paul McCartney was in Detroit for a performance at Comerica Park , as part of his On the Run Tour ; he visited the Motown Museum for a private ...
Detroit has a long theatrical history, with many venues dating back to the 1920s. [7] The Detroit Fox Theatre (1928) was the first theater ever constructed with built-in film sound equipment. Commissioned by William Fox and built by architect C. Howard Crane, the ornate Detroit Fox was fully restored in 1988. It is the largest of the nation's ...
The Fox Theatre is a performing arts center located at 2211 Woodward Avenue in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, near the Grand Circus Park Historic District.Opened in 1928 as a flagship movie palace in the Fox Theatres chain, it was at over 5,000 seats the largest theater in the city.
The Film Exchange Building (FEB) is located in Detroit, Michigan, and was designed by C. Howard Crane and built in 1926 for the distribution and booking of movies for the Detroit area. This seven-story building was built near the city's theater district and is located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Cass Avenue and W. Montcalm ...
Lauri Peters, actress, known for Tony-nominated Broadway role in The Sound of Music and film Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (born in Detroit) Rick Peters, actor, Bobby Manning on Sue Thomas: F.B.Eye (born in Detroit) Britta Phillips, film, TV and voice actor, title character of Jem; Jeff Pillars, actor (born in Kalamazoo)
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The Players Club of Detroit was founded in 1911 by a group of local Detroit businessmen as an institution to encourage amateur theater. [3] From the beginning, it was a strictly male club. [ 2 ] For the first 15 years of the club's existence, they were forced to perform in different venues each month, including the Detroit Athletic Club , the ...
The United Artists Theatre Building is a vacant high-rise tower in downtown Detroit, Michigan, standing at 150 Bagley Avenue. It was built in 1928 and stands 18 stories tall. It was built in 1928 and stands 18 stories tall.