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The first color movie shown in Omaha, The Black Pirate starring Douglas Fairbanks, ran at the Strand. [37] Apollo Theatre [14] 475 [35] 2824 Leavenworth Street [14] The Auditorium 5000 [14] Southeast corner of 15th Street [14] Omaha's original auditorium, not to be confused with the Omaha Civic Auditorium Avenue Theatre [38] Abt. 1926 [39] 800 [39]
Pages in category "Cinemas and movie theaters in Omaha, Nebraska" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Omaha is home to the Omaha Community Playhouse. It is the largest, one of the most famous, and one of the best-endowed community theaters in the United States. [1] It produces its own season of plays and musicals. The city has a number of other long-standing theatres, including the Orpheum Theater and the Rose Theater.
Film Streams' North Downtown Omaha cinema is named after Ruth Sokolof, née Rosinsky (1925-1982), a well-known educator in Omaha who focused her life on helping children with disabilities. [18] With her husband, Phil, [ 19 ] [ 20 ] many education-based scholarships are awarded in their name each year to Omaha-area students and educators.
It reopened as a movie theater in 1962 with a new name, the Astro Theatre, run by Dubinsky Brothers and with a reduced capacity of 1,465. [5] It continued operations until June 1980. [ 7 ] In 1974 it was added to the National Register of Historic Places and in October 1980 it was listed as an Omaha landmark .
Omaha Children's Museum Holland Performing Arts Center The atrium of the Joslyn Art Museum. Dale Chihuly's Chihuly: Inside and Out can be seen at the far end. Great Plains Black History Museum General Crook House Museum Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo Joslyn Castle Rose Theatre Orpheum Theatre Omaha Community Playhouse
In 1974, the Cooper Foundation sold the Dundee to Edward Cohen and David Frank of Omaha. They changed the theater's offering to family pictures in an attempt to create a "top-notch house". [ 5 ] The theater closed for a short time and in 1980 was purchased and renovated by Denny Moran of Moran Cinemas.