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Star Theatres was founded as a partnership between Jim and Barrie Loeks and Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc., the company that owned Loews Theatres in the 1980s. The Loeks, who were based in Michigan before becoming co-CEOs of Sony Loews Theatres in 1992, designed and operated the Star Theatres chain. Based solely in Michigan, Star was ...
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Macomb Music Theatre; Michigan Theater (Ann Arbor) McMorran Place, Port Huron; Players Guild of Dearborn, Dearborn; Power Center for the Performing Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Rackham Auditorium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Stagecrafters at The Baldwin Theatre ...
Loeks opened the theater Studio 28, which was one of the first multiplex theaters, in 1965. By 1988, Studio 28 was the largest multiplex in the world, with 20 screens and 6000 seats. [1] [5] He also opened several drive-in movie theaters in West Michigan, and also opened a number of other cinemas across Michigan. Loeks also participated in a ...
Royal Theater from the Monroe Avenue and Farmer Street corner, 1917. Note Liberty Theatre behind. This structure was built in 1907 as the Star Theater; it was designed by Frank G. Baxter and Henry A. O'Dell. [9] The Star operated for only a year; in 1908 the theater changed into the Theatre Royale, and in 1912 it changed to the Royal Theater. [9]
W. S. Butterfield Theatres, Inc. was an American operator of vaudeville theaters and later movie theaters in the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.Beginning in the early 1900s, "Colonel" Walter Scott Butterfield expanded his business from one vaudeville house in Battle Creek in 1906 to 114 cinemas across Michigan in 1942. [1]
The Vista Theater Advisory Board began working to stabilize the walls and clean the interior before the start of winter. The board started a fundraiser to raise $100,000 for the repairs. [5] Contractors began removing debris on November 19. [6] [7] In May 2023, the City of Negaunee City Council voted to move forward towards purchasing the theater.
The Purple Rose Theatre Company is a 501(c) non-profit regional theater located in Chelsea, Michigan.It was founded in 1991 [1] by actor and playwright Jeff Daniels. [2] Its name comes from the 1985 film The Purple Rose of Cairo, [3] which starred Daniels and for which he earned his first Golden Globe nomination.
The State Theatre is a Spanish-styled atmospheric theatre in Kalamazoo, Michigan, designed by renowned architect John Eberson. The State was built for W.S. Butterfield Theatres in 1927, and remains in operation today, presenting live shows. The theatre was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. [1]