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The Adams was sold on June 1, 1963, to a group of Detroit movie house executives that included the Community Theatres, Suburban Detroit Theatres, and Wisper and Wetsman Theaters. Managing the Adams were Irving and Adolph Goldberg, twin brothers and investment brokers, who had the theater remodeled yet again that December.
H & E Balaban sold the Adams Theater to Community Theatres in 1963, and it received a modernization at that time to the plans of architect Ted Rogvoy. In the late-1960’s and early-1970’s, the Adams Theater started to screen exploitation and adult films.
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Known locally as ‘The Grand Old Lady of Leven Street’, construction of the beautiful red sandstoneKing’s Theatrebegan in 1905, before opening to the public on 08 December 1906 – making her one of the oldest theatres in Scotland. The opening performance was Cinderella– marking the beginning of the annual pantomime tradition that has continued ever s...
Located on Lothian Road, The Usher Hallwas named after Andrew Usher, a prominent Edinburgh whisky distiller and philanthropist who in 1896 gifted £100,000 to the city of Edinburgh specifically for the purpose of building a concert hall. It opened to the public on 06 March 1914, with a series of three concerts featuring the music of Handel, Bach, Be...
The Festival Theatresits on Edinburgh’s longest continuous theatre site – there has been an entertainment venue here in one form or another since 1830. The first venues created here were a series of circus and music halls, (many of which were destroyed by fire), before opening as The Empire Palace Theatre in 1892. This was a beautiful and ornate bu...
To the left of the Usher Hall is the Traverse Theatre, an Edinburgh icon which specialises in producing and presenting new work from Scottish and Scottish-based playwrights, both here and on tour worldwide. Today’s theatre is actually the Traverse’s third home since it was founded in 1963. It moved to its current location at Cambridge Street, a pur...
A beautiful Victorian building, The Royal Lyceum Theatreis home to the Lyceum Youth Theatre and The Royal Lyceum Theatre Company, one of the largest producing companies in the UK. It opened on 10 September 1883 with a production of Much Ado About Nothing, starring two of the most renowned Shakespearean actors of the time, Sir Henry Irving and Ellen...
Seating over 3,000, Edinburgh Playhouseis the UK’s largest all-seated theatre. Hosting large-scale touring productions, it has played host to some of the biggest names in live music, comedy and musical theatre. Built in 1929, the Playhouse began life as a ‘super’ cinema and was modelled on similar buildings in the USA. It wasn’t until 1980 that it ...
A former church dating from the 1840s, Bedlam Theatreis today owned by the University of Edinburgh and run entirely by students (The Edinburgh University Theatre Company). It takes its name as a reference to the city’s first mental health hospital that once stood nearby. It wasn’t until the 1970s that the building took on a new purpose as Bedlam Th...
Located in the picturesque area of Morningside, Church Hill Theatreis today home to many of Edinburgh’s amateur theatrical companies. Built as Morningside High Church in 1892, it was converted into a theatre in the 1960s, opening on 25 September 1965 with a production of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. Since then, it has gained a rep...
A theatre with huge historical significance, Leith Theatrewas a gift to the people of Leith following the amalgamation of the borough into Edinburgh in 1920. Construction began in 1929, with the theatre opening in 1932. However, in 1941, at the height of WWII, a bomb which was intended for the docks, damaged the main auditorium. It wasn’t until 196...
Hidden behind the Fine Arts Building stood the long-vacant Adams Theater. An example of the rare "alley-jumper" style of theater, the Adams was the second large movie theater on the park and an important member of the city's theater district.
Apr 23, 2020 · The Adams Theater was a neighborhood movie theater located on Adams Street opposite Saranac Street (the street that forks off of Minot). It was build on part of the land that was part of the Pierce house on Adams Street.
In 1941, bombing damage closed the theatre, and although plans were made to restore it to its former glory up until the 1950s, it was sold in 1963 and demolished to make room for a block of...
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Jun 10, 2020 · However, it was likely that successful delivery of scenery to the Adams Theatre caused Kunsky to contact him directly for another job. Kunsky also owned the Madison Theatre in Detroit, a venue that opened on March 7, 1917.
