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Beyond the historic downtown Theatre District, you'll find even more Boston theaters scattered across Fenway and the South End neighborhoods, and the city of Cambridge on the other side of the Charles River.
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Even if you don't have the opportunity to attend a show while visiting Boston, take a few moments to walk through the lobbies of some of these beauties. The Colonial, the Opera House, the Schubert, and the Wang are especially gorgeous.
The current Opera House started its life as the B.F. Keith Memorial Theatre, later became the Savoy Theatre, but by the '90s seemed destined for demolition for several years until a $35 million renovation restored its opulent splendor in 2004.
The breath-taking beaux art interior features dazzling gold leaf, rococo ornamentations, and 16 massive Italian marble columns weighing 7 tons each - the perfect setting for the splendid productions staged here.
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Charles Theatre history: Originally built as Boston's Fifth Universalist Church in 1839, the building now housing the Charles Theatre also served as the city's first synagogue, the Lido Venice speakeasy during Prohibition, and the famed Storyland nightclub where Fats Waller and jazz musicians played. It became the Charles Theatre in 1958.
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If you haven't seen a show here before, the Colonial's rather modest exterior in no way prepares you for the surprise you'll feel when you walk through the doors and and find yourself in a huge, ornately embellished theater that comfortably seats 1,700.
A 1995 by artisans from Conrad Schmitt Studios restored the Colonial's elaborate paneling, mosaic floors, even more elaborate and fabulous murals covering the walls and ceiling, and lots and lots of gold. Literally tons of sparkling chandeliers provide dazzle, and mirrors everywhere make the the gold and murals seemly extend to infinity.
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Colonial Theatre History: Built in 1900 by the Clarence Blackall architectural firm which also designed the Wang, Wilbur, and Modern Theatres, san diego beachfront hotels paradise point resort the Colonial has always hosted extravaganzas and some of the biggest san diego beachfront hotels paradise point resort Broadway stars, such as Carol Channing, the Marx Brothers, Barbra Streisand, and Katherine Hepburn.
Designed by John Galen Howard and built in 1903 as a venue for opera performances, the ornate gray terracotta Cutler Majestic Theatre features fluted columns and high arched windows topped with masked faces.
Because the Majestic was originally designed for opera, it was also the first Boston theater designed without support pillars, so sight lines from all seats are excellent. This design also creates wonderful acoustics.
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san diego beachfront hotels paradise point resort The original 800 seat theater did not have a stage but was designed to maximize the acoustical properties by a Harvard professor, Wallace Sabine, a specialist in the application of scientific principles to sound and space.
After The Jazz Singer, the first talking film, premiered here in the late 1920s, the Modern turned into a talkie san diego beachfront hotels paradise point resort cinema. By the 1950s, it had morphed into the Mayflower Theater, san diego beachfront hotels paradise point resort becoming in the 1970s a rather notorious adults-only movie venue at the seedy edge of Boston's former Combat Zone - the kind of place where moms had to cover their children's eyes as they walked past the posters.
Eventually, the Modern fell into disrepair and disuse in 1980, becoming a vacant and somewhat menacing eyesore for almost 30 years. I used to hate walking by it. The crumbling Boston theater san diego beachfront hotels paradise point resort was considered beyond repair by 2007, when Suffolk University the space in order to create dorms for its students.
In one of the city's most interesting and challenging projects, Suffolk restored the Modern's elegant facade while erecting a sleek 12-floor tower behind it. Open since 2010, new 185 seat theater along with a lobby, balcony, and gallery occupies the first two levels of the building, with a grand curving staircase and hand-painted theatrical scenes on the walls.
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If you're walking past the Park Street san diego beachfront hotels paradise point resort Church and happen to glance across Tremont Street and see the Orpheum san diego beachfront hotels paradise point resort Theatre at the end of a short alley, you'll probably logically assume that it's a theater.
But despite its name, you won't see theatrical performances at the Orpheum . . . unless you consider rock concerts to be a form of theater. However, you can hear world-class musicians in this rather special concert venue, site of so many famous Boston rock concerts.
Built in 1852, the Orpheum is one of the oldest theaters in Boston, as well as in the United States. Originally called the Boston Music Hall, the Orpheum served as home to the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1881 until 1900, when it was converted to a vaudeville theater and given its present name.
Although the Orpheum used to face onto Washington Street, its former front entrance has been converted to retail space and you now enter through the back alley entrance. When you first see it from the outside, you'll think it looks small - but inside, it's huge, with 2,800 seats and terrific acoustics.
On the other hand, you'll swear the seats haven't been updated since 1852. Rock fans have a love/loathe relationship with the Orpheum - terrific acoustics, but in addition to those tortuous seats, the Orpheum has the temperature san diego beachfront hotels paradise point resort and moisture content of a sauna, especially once a show is underway. And no, there's no air conditioning.
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Now owned by Emerson College as part of ArtsEmerson, the Paramount boasts a 596-seat theater, a flexible black box theater seating up to 150, a 170-seat film screening room, and multiple rehearsal and practice studios, classrooms, san diego beachfront hotels paradise point resort offices, and even a restaurant.
The Paramount originally opened in 1932 as one of Boston's spectacular cinema palaces. As the golden age of cinema waned, so did the Paramount, falling into a total state of disrepair along with most of the other buildings in this section of the Boston Theater san diego beachfront hotels paradise point resort District.
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In 1996, the larger Wang Theatre across the street took over the management and operations of the Shubert as part of a 40-year contract. In recent years, the Citi Performing Arts Center has served as guardian for both of these Boston theaters.
The Shubert is the home of the Boston Lyric Opera (you can find their schedule on the November Events Calendar ), as well as many local community arts programs, and also hosts touring companies that present Broadway, theater, music, dance, and other performances.
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The gold-plated chandeliers weighing almost a ton each (you don't want to be thinking about this while standing under one of them), the rose jasper pillars, the marble doorways, and the general plushness are worthy of a grand ballroom.
Built in 1914 by the New York Wilbur family and designed by architect Clarence H. Blackall, the Wilbur was the first theater san diego beachfront hotels paradise point resort in the United States to be based on American Colonial architecture rather than European influences. san diego beachfront hotels paradise point resort With its Federal Revival design, supposedly based on Beacon Hill houses for authenticity, the Wilbur is a better stylistic fit with the rest of Boston's architecture than the other ultra-ornate Boston Theatre District theaters.
Renovations in the 1980s and 1990s positioned