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The first site for the Orpheum vaudeville circuit was the Grand Opera House, also known as the Grand Theater, 110 S. Main Street (built 1884, closed 1937). [4] The second Orpheum venue was the Orpheum Theatre (previously known as the Los Angeles Theatre and later known as the Lyceum Theatre, at 227 S. Spring Street (opened 1888, closed 1941). [4]
Downtown Los Angeles 1,500 Unknown Glendale Performing Arts Center Glendale 1,559 1927: The Theatre at Ace Hotel: South Park 1,600 March 1968 Oxnard Performing Arts Center Oxnard: 1,608 1998 City National Grove of Anaheim: Anaheim: 1,700 1990: Mayan Theater: South Park 1,700 1994 Fred Kavli Theatre: Thousand Oaks 1,800 1929: Royce Hall ...
It was designed by Ezra F. Kysor and Octavius Morgan and had a seating capacity of 1,311. The theater was renovated by James M. Wood in 1887-1888. [1] [2] In December 1894, the Orpheum Circuit made this theater their first home in Los Angeles, where they would remain until 1903.
Lyceum Theatre, Los Angeles, second home of the circuit in Los Angeles, 227 S. Spring Street, (opened 1888, closed 1941). [14] The Orpheum Theatre in Portland, Oregon: built in 1913, remodeled in 1926 and demolished circa 1976. [18] [19] [20] The Orpheum Theater in Seattle, Washington: built in 1927; demolished in 1967. [21]
In 2004 a non-profit company, O.R.P.H. (Orpheum Rising Project Helpers) Inc, announced plans to bring back the theatre and revitalize New Bedford economy. [2] [4] [5] However, the group was unable to raise the necessary funds, and the theater was placed for sale in 2012. [5] The building was sold in 2017, then placed for sale again in 2019. [6]
The theater's seating capacity at opening was slightly less than 2,000. [4] As the home of Los Angeles's Orpheum Circuit, many notable performers performed here during its early years, including Harry Houdini, Will Rogers, Fred Astaire, and Rita Hayworth. This continued until 1926, when the Orpheum Circuit's fourth home opened a couple blocks ...
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Exterior view of the Grand Olympic Auditorium (ca. 1930). [1] [2]The Grand Olympic Auditorium is a former sports venue in southern Downtown Los Angeles, California.The venue was built in 1924 at 1801 South Grand Avenue, now just south of the Santa Monica Freeway.