This theater offered opera, musicals, vaudeville, and movies. John Phillip Sousa once performed here. The building was enormous with the main entrance on Euclid with the lobby continuing through the block to a second entrance on Prospect Avenue.
It was torn down and replaced with a parking garage. No dates available. This theater was built on the site of the Stillman Hotel and was the most luxurious theater built in Cleveland.
It was torn down in and replaced by a parking garage for the Statler Arms Apartments. This theater was a second run theater. Generally, the hours for this theater was Friday through Sunday. During the s it showed pornographic movies and was finally demolished and became the Fulton Branch of the Cleveland Public Library. MAIN — Scoville. German movies were shown here in just before it closed.
As well as showing movies, a flea market operated here three times a week. This is currently the site of the Agora Night Club. This originally opened as a vaudeville house. Dates unknown. By this theater was operating as a bowling alley. This theater opened before as a vaudeville house. This was originally the Southern Theater.
PARK — Starkweather. It was demolished in and replaced with a Walgreens Drugstore. This theater was the best-known burlesque house in Cleveland. It was a movie house by and was named the Orpheum Theater in It became the Roxy in By it was known nationally as a burlesque house. In the end, from to , the Roxy offered live entertainment and X-rated movies.
In , the theater was bombed, but it reopened in It closed in and was torn down for National City Center. The name lives on in the Roxy Bar and Grill. Telenews is an interesting theater. This was popular because of World War II. In the name changed to the Coronet. Next it was named the Tower and it closed in This theater was taken over by Freedom Academy and used as a performing arts school.
YALE — St. Clair at East 82 nd Street. Plans for the modernization were by architect Jack Alan Bialosky. A few photos can be seen in this Boxoffice article of June 2, Here is a fresh link to the June 2, , Boxoffice article about the remodeled Granada Theatre.
After posting my previous comment I discovered another project designed by architect Jack Bialosky, that being a remodeling of the Shaker Theatre , Cleveland, following a fire in Above the false ceiling were cloud machines and twinkle lights to give the impression of the lobby being outside. Behind sections of drywall, were two fountains. The balcony had several sections, including bench seats labeled for colored only.
The stage had 4 floors of dressing rooms, with small windows that could be opened to look down at the stage. The stage itself had several trap doors, and the basement was huge, with props, and rolls of posters everywhere. The 5 May edition of Motion Picture News lists a Preston G Bradshaw as the original architect,which is also where the photos featured here are from. Login or Sign up. Contributed by Toby Radloff. Recent comments view all 15 comments.
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