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1. www.cleveland.com › entertainment › 2016Vintage Cleveland theaters: From the 1850s to Playhouse Square

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   Apr 21, 2016 · It opened Sept. 6, 1875, and was demolished in 1922. It was the original East Fourth Street entertainment hotspot. Cleveland's most popular theater prior to Playhouse Square was a luxurious ...

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2. case.edu › ech › articlesTHEATER | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western ...

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   The Columbia Theater opened in 1887, presenting vaudeville, melodrama, and eventually burlesque. In the 1890s theater became more flamboyant and sensational, striving for a surface kind of realism. In 1896, as the 10th-largest city in the nation, Cleveland celebrated its centennial. There were parades, pageants, and various amateur entertainments.

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   Nov 10, 2014 · Playhouse Square emerged in 1921-22 with the opening of the State, Ohio, Allen, Palace, and Hanna theaters near the intersection of Euclid Avenue and East Fourteenth Street. The brainchild of Joseph Laronge, four of the five theaters were interconnected. The largest theater, the Palace, was built to host B. F. Keith's vaudeville performances. In addition to vaudeville, the theater ...

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4. www.clevelandmemory.org › playhousesquare › timelineTimeline of Events - Playhouse Square - Cleveland Memory

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   March 29, 1921. The Hanna Theatre opens with The Prince and the Pauper. April 1, 1921. The Allen Theatre opens with the movie The Greatest Love, with music by the Phil Spitolny Orchestra. Nov. 6, 1922. The Palace Theatre opens as the flagship of the Keith Vaudeville chain with Elsie Janis as the headliner.

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6. case.edu › ech › articlesALLEN THEATRE | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case ...

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   Aug 8, 2023 · The ALLEN THEATRE, 1501 Euclid Ave., opened on 1 Apr. 1921. It joined the OHIO, STATE, and HANNA theaters, which had debuted only weeks before. (The PALACE THEATHER would open 19 months later - on 6 Nov. 1922). The Allen was constructed in conjunction with the Bulkley Bldg., an 8-story office building on Euclid Ave., just east of E. 14th St ...

7. www.freshwatercleveland.com › features › PlayhouseOne hundred years of Cleveland theater: Playhouse Square ...

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   May 2, 2014 · Advertisement. Advertisement. One hundred years ago, in 1921, after a world war and the Spanish Flu pandemic, the five lavish theaters that anchor Playhouse Square began to open. Fifty-one years ago in 1970,in an increasingly deserteddowntown, obscure school board functionaryRay Shepardsonbegan trying to save the decaying, rat-ridden theaters ...

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   What happened to the Cleveland theaters in 1921 & 1922?

   • The Cleveland theaters, which were built in 1921 and 1922, were almost demolished like so many other theaters of their era. However, their successful restoration is a happy ending - and a lesson for future preservationists. (Gus Chan, The Plain Dealer)

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   When did theaters open in Cleveland?

   • The "wonderful year" for theater openings in Cleveland had to be 1921, when HANNA THEATERS opened as legitimate houses. Under the management of Cleveland playwright Robert McLaughlin, the Ohio hosted New York road shows and a summer stock company in the 1920s, until its eventual conversion to motion pictures.

   THEATER | Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve

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   When did Cleveland become a theater?

   • OPERA HOUSE. Better times in the 1880s led to more theater-building as the city continued to grow. In 1883 the Park Theater opened on the northwest quadrant of PUBLIC SQUARE, and in 1889 it became the LYCEUM THEATER. It was first managed by AUGUSTUS F. HARTZ. The CLEVELAND THEATER, another playhouse named for the city, opened in 1885.

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   What happened in Cleveland in 1915?

   • It was a movement that would soon profoundly and permanently affect the course of theater in Greater Cleveland. The year 1915 has to be noted as special in the annals of Cleveland theater history, for that is when 2 great and enduring theater organizations had their tentative beginnings: the CLEVELAND PLAY HOUSE and KARAMU.

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   What was Cleveland's most popular theater before Playhouse Square?

   • Before Playhouse Square, Cleveland's most popular theater was a luxurious structure on the corner of what was then Sheriff Street. It was built in 1875 for $200,000 and could seat 1,638 people. This theater, which cost $200,000 to build in 1875 and had a seating capacity of 1,638, was Cleveland's most popular theater before Playhouse Square.

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   When was the Cleveland Play House built?

   • The Cleveland Play House was built and opened in 1953 during remodeling of the Euclid- East 77th Theater\. It occupied its Euclid Avenue complex, the largest regional theater complex in the country, from 1927 to 2011, when it relocated to Playhouse Square.

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9. www.cleveland.com › life-and-culture › j66j-2020Cleveland in the 1920s: Great progress, great change and a ...

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   Feb 16, 2020 · When they were built in a 19-month span in 1921 and ’22, the theaters at Playhouse Square made for the largest performing arts district outside of New York. The Palace was the most majestic of ...