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The Orpheum Theater in 1917. The Orpheum Theater in St. Louis, Missouri is a Beaux-Arts style theater, built in 1917. It was constructed by local self-made millionaire Louis A. Cella and designed by architect Albert Lansburgh. [2] The $500,000 theater opened on Labor Day, 1917, as a vaudeville house. [2]
The Orpheum Theatre and complex (originally 18 stores, offices, pool hall, ballroom and a cafe) in Springfield, Illinois: built in 1927, demolished in 1965 [22] [23] The Orpheum Theater, 5th & Edmond Street, St. Joseph, MO, built ca.1910, demolished 1975
Since 1977, the Orpheum has been the Mid-South home of touring Broadway productions. The Orpheum's two venues also host performances by Ballet Memphis, various concerts, comedians, a summer movie series, a family series of educational programs, and local cultural and community events such as Memphis in May, International Blues Challenge, and special Elvis Week events.
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The Orpheum Theatre at 842 S. Broadway in Downtown Los Angeles opened on February 15, 1926, as the fourth and final Los Angeles venue for the Orpheum vaudeville circuit. [3] After a $3 million renovation, started in 1989, it is the most restored of the historical movie palaces in the city. Three previous theatres also bore the name Orpheum ...
Originally built as a vaudeville venue, the theatre underwent conversion into a movie house in 1929 and for decades it presented both movies and live entertainment. . Throughout the 1920s, the Chicago-based Orpheum circuit brought famous names like: Al Jolson, Fannie Brice, Jack Benny, George Burns, Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Gracie Allen, Gypsy Rose Lee, Bing Crosby, Mickey Rooney, and ...
The theater currently seats 2,579 guests with 1,500 on the main floor and 1,100 on the three-level balcony, making it the largest of the three Hennepin Avenue theaters. [ 3 ] Productions that have originated at the Orpheum included Victor/Victoria and The 101 Dalmatians Musical , the pre-Broadway world premiere of The Lion King and the national ...
The Orpheum Theatre, formerly Player's Theatre, is a 299-seat off-Broadway theatre on Second Avenue near the corner of St. Marks Place in the East Village neighborhood of lower Manhattan, New York City. The theatre is owned by Liberty Theatres, a subsidiary of Reading International, which also owns Minetta Lane Theatre. [1]