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The Harper Theatre opened on December 1, 1939, with showings of The Rains Came and Chicken Wagon Family. An advertisement in the Detroit Free Press advertised free parking, seating for 2000 in "streamlined seats," and accessibility features for hard-of-hearing guests. [2] Around 1976, the Harper was converted to a disco club, and renamed Harpo's.
The Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts is a 1,731-seat theatre located in the city's theatre district at 350 Madison Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan.It was built in 1928 as the Wilson Theatre, designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1976, [2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
It survived the race riots of 1967 and has been over the nearly 60 years of its existence often the only fully professional non-profit theatre in Detroit. The theatre averages about 60,000 admissions each year. Among the world premieres to open at Detroit Rep are Jacob M. Appel's Arborophilia in 2006 and Causa Mortis in 2009.
Detroit Repertory Theatre. 13103 Woodrow Wilson St., Detroit. www.detroitreptheatre.com. 313-868-1347. Tickets start at $25. This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: 'Joe Turner's ...
Detroit Repertory Theatre: 1963 13103 Woodrow Wilson St. 194 Detroit Repertory Theatre: The Players: 1925 3321 East Jefferson Ave. The Players Club: Florentine Renaissance, Arts and Crafts, Art Deco murals. William E. Kapp, Smith, Hinchman & Grylls: Bohemian National Home: 1914 3009 Tillman St. Studio Theatre: 112 Wayne State University: Black box
The 10-story Detroit Fox Theatre building also contains the headquarters of Olympia Entertainment, while the St. Louis Fox is a stand-alone theatre. The architectural plaster molds of the Detroit Fox (1928) were re-used on the St. Louis Fox (1929). The Fox opened in 1928 and remained Detroit's premier movie destination for decades.
Another old and long-vacant downtown Detroit theater, the United Artists Theatre, 150 Bagley St., was demolished in 2022 as part of a redevelopment of an old 18-story office building attached to ...
And yet, you’d never guess it from this all-cat band seen here performing at an open mic night. The cats onstage are “playing” a tiny guitar, piano and drum set, and there’s even a chicken ...