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Charline McCombs Empire Theatre is a performing arts venue in San Antonio, Texas, United States. It hosts a variety of live events — such as comedy shows, music concerts, children's theater, classic productions — and it is also open for private events.
The Empire Theatre, originally the Eltinge 42nd Street Theatre, was designed by Thomas W. Lamb for the Hungarian-born impresario A. H. Woods. [ 14 ] [ 15 ] In the late 1990s, the former auditorium was converted into a lobby and lounge for a 25-screen multiplex operated by AMC Theatres . [ 16 ]
In the same month, the theatre hosted a benefit celebrating the sixty-year history of the Empire. [1] After the theatre's closure and before its demolition, Robert Porterfield salvaged many of its interior furnishings for use at the Barter Theatre in Abingdon, Virginia. Items removed by Porterfield included seats, paintings, lighting fixtures ...
Oct. 6—The Empire Theatre Company's musical production of "Annie" opens this week at the Empire Arts Center, 415 DeMers Ave. The sold-out show is scheduled to run Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 7 ...
The Majestic Theatre is San Antonio's oldest and largest atmospheric theatre. The theatre seats 2,264 people and was designed by architect John Eberson , for Karl Hoblitzelle 's Interstate Theatres in 1929.
They won an antitrust suit to enable them to show first-run product at the Roxy and went on to acquire all of the downtown cinemas in Kansas City including The Empire Theater, the Capri Theatre, the Midland Theatre and the Paramount Theatre. [7] In 1961, after Ed died, Stanley took control of Durwood Theatres, a small ten-theatre chain.
In 1986, Theatre IV purchased and renovated the historic November Theatre (formerly the Empire), one of Richmond's two Broadway style houses. This historic theater opened in 1911 for stock and vaudeville performances. In 1915 it changed its name from the Empire to the Strand and continued under that name until damaged by fire in 1927.
The Empire Theatre opened on 17 April 1884 under the ownership of Daniel Nicols as a West End variety theatre on Leicester Square, as well as a ballet venue, with a capacity of about 2,000 seats. The first performance was Chilpéric , with music by Hervé , adapted by H. Hersee and H. B. Farnie and described as a Grand Musical Spectacular, in ...