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Barksdale Theatre. Barksdale Theatre merged with Theatre IV in 2012 to become Virginia Repertory Theatre. [1] [2]Barksdale Theatre in Richmond, Virginia, United States, is Central Virginia’s first nonprofit professional performing arts organization, founded in 1953 at the historic Hanover Tavern by Tom Carlin, Stewart Falconer, David 'Pete' Kilgore, Priscilla Kilgore, Muriel McAuley and Pat ...
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.
Mosque Theater (1940-95) Landmark Theater (1995-2014) Address: 6 N Laurel St Richmond, VA 23220-4700: Location: Virginia Commonwealth University: Owner: City of Richmond: Capacity: 3,565: Construction; Broke ground: February 7, 1926: Opened: October 28, 1927: Rebuilt: During 2013 and 2014: Construction cost: $1.65 million ($28.4 million in 2023 ...
Eberson was famous for inventing the "atmospheric theatre" design, where the theater's walls resembled an elegant villa or streetscape under a night sky. The Carpenter Theatre design evokes a Spanish setting, with a faux sky ceiling containing stars and moving clouds. The Richmond CenterStage complex was renamed Dominion Energy Center in 2015.
The Byrd Theatre is a cinema in the Carytown neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. It was named after William Byrd II , [ 3 ] the founder of the city. The theater opened on December 24, 1928 to much excitement and is affectionately referred to as "Richmond’s Movie Palace ".
Portrait of John Marshall by Cephas Thompson from c. 1809–1810. Marshall played an instrumental role in getting the second Richmond Theatre built. [9]The second Richmond Theatre was built on the same site as the first theatre, and was erected through the advocacy of John Marshall who was serving as Chief Justice of the United States at the time of the theatre's construction. [9]
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By 1966 the theater had come under the ownership of a Richmond-based firm that also owned the Colonial and State Theaters which constituted the rest of Theater Row. [3] The National received a 1968 renovation that rearranged seating in the auditorium's balcony, covered the orchestra pit, and painted over much of the intricate plasterwork. [3]