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July Print Sale Week 2 – Loew’s 46th Street Theatre

Balcony, Loew’s 46th Street Theatre. From July 8 to July 14 these three images of the Loew’s 46th Street Theatre will be on sale in the following sizes: 8″×12″ – $40.00 12″x18″ – $65.00 16″x24″ –...

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July Print Sale Week 3 – RKO Keith’s Theatre

Auditorium, RKO Keith’s Theatre Flushing, Queens. From July 15 to July 21 these two images of the RKO Keith’s Theatre will be on sale in the following sizes: 8″×12″ – $40.00 12″x18″ – $65.00 16″x24″ –...

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July Print Sale Week 4 – Loew’s Kings Theatre

Lobby, Loew’s Kings Theatre From July 22 to July 28 these two images of the Loew’s Kings Theatre will be on sale in the following sizes: 8″×12″ – $40.00 12″x18″ – $65.00 16″x24″ – $100.00 Balcony,...

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Grand Theatre Steubenville, Ohio

All of the seats have been recently removed due to the upcoming restoration. The Grand Theatre building was built in 1885 by German immigrant Jacob Griesinger, Sr. in Steubenville, Ohio.  It originally...

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The Jayhawk State Theatre of Kansas

View of the auditorium from the balcony. The Jayhawk Theatre opened in August of 1926 in Topeka, Kansas.  It was built by local architect Thomas W. Williamson, and designed by the Boller Brothers. The...

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End of Summer Print Sale

Embassy Theatre Port Chester, NY Summer is coming to an end, and since I spent quite a bit of my summer photographing more theaters for After the Final Curtain, it’s time for another “From the Balcony”...

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And Now for Something (kind of) Different

B&W Image from the Loew’s Collection, American Theatre Architecture Archive, Theatre Historical Society of America I’m currently working on something I’m very excited about, but can’t announce just...

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Road Trip 2013 Day 4

The chandelier was removed when the theater was used as a church. The fourth theater I visited  was the Booth Theatre in Independence, Kansas. The Booth opened in 1927 and closed in 1980. It was used...

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Road Trip 2013 Day 5

View of the auditorium from the balcony. The next stop on the trip was the Okla Theatre in McAlester, Oklahoma. The Okla opened on July 10, 1931 and closed on September 4, 1989. The city of McAlester...

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Road Trip 2013 Day 6

View from the balcony of the Berry Theatre. After making a quick stop at the Dallas Fort Worth Airport to drop off some of my road trip companions, I headed over to the Berry Theatre in Fort Worth. The...

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Snapshot: Metropolitan Opera House

Post 2 in the Snapshot Series  - Occasionally in my travels I come across a theater that I can’t find a lot of information on, or that I only have a chance to photograph for an hour or two. They’re...

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Loew’s State Theatre (State Palace Theatre)

View of the auditorium from the top balcony. The Loew’s State Theatre opened on April 3, 1926 in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was built by renowned theater architect Thomas W. Lamb for the Loew’s Theatre...

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Snapshot: Empress Theatre

Post 3 in the Snapshot Series  - Occasionally in my travels I come across a theater that I can’t find a lot of information on, or that I only have a chance to photograph for an hour or two. They’re...

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Holiday Print Sale

Ceiling, Uptown Theatre Philadelphia, PA The annual Holiday print sale is here! Beginning December 9 and ending on December 24, all prints will be 20% off. Place an order by December 19 to get it in...

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Lyric Fine Arts Theatre

View of the auditorium from the mezzanine. The Lyric Fine Arts Theatre opened on January 14, 1914 in Birmingham, Alabama. It was built for Louis V. Clark by C.K Howell, the architect of many theaters...

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February Exhibition and Lecture Update

The lobby and main level of this theater have been used as a grocery store since the late 1960s. Tickets are now available for my February 17 lecture at the Jean Cocteau Cinema in Santa Fe, New Mexico....

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Paramount Theatre – Marshall, TX

View of the auditorium from the main level. Delayed and over budget, the Paramount Theatre in Marshall, Texas opened on March 31, 1930. The opening was the first event in what the city of Marshall...

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The OKLA Theatre – McAlester, Oklahoma

View from the balcony of the auditorium. The OKLA Theatre opened on July 10, 1931 in McAlester, Oklahoma. It was built on the site of the Palace Theatre, which burned down in December of 1930. Wallace...

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Theater Updates

In light of the recent demolition of the Boyd Theatre in Philadelphia, I thought I’d post an update for some of the theaters I’ve visited over the years.   View from the balcony of the Loew’s Kings...

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Kings Theatre – The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of Brooklyn’s Wonder Theatre

  Proscenium arch from the balcony, Loew’s Kings Theatre.B&W Image from the Loew’s Collection, American Theatre Architecture Archive, Theatre Historical Society of America   I’m very excited to...

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