Massachusetts The Colonial Theatre. The Colonial Theatre opened on September 28, 1903 with a production of the operetta Robin Hood by the Bostonians, a famed touring group. The house was sold out, and 1400 people attended. The Colonial soon became a regular stop for big-name entertainers, including Maude Adams. The Hollis Street Theatre: Located on Hollis Street, between Washington and Tremont Street, the Hollis Street Theatre was in its day the most fashionable theater in Boston. Built in 1885 by John R. Hall, the theater was razed in 1935. Hollis Street opened with Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta, The Mikado, and featured such well-known actors as Dion Boucicault, Madame Modjeska, Maurice Barrymore, E.H. Sothern, Sarah Bernhardt and, around the turn of the century, Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, William Gillette and Maude Adams. Isaac B. Rich was the theater's general manager and proprietor until management of the Hollis Street Theatre passed to Charles Frohmann sometime between 1907 and 1910. Michigan The Calumet Theatre, 340 Sixth Street, PO Box 167, Calumet, MI 49913. We have been in continuous operation since 1900 and have hosted many artists including: Sarah Bernhardt, John Phillip Sousa, Maude Adams, Edwin Booth, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Lillian Russell, among others. The theatre hosts 70 to 80 shows a year and is open to guided tours from June to October. Step backstage and see Sarah Bernhardt's dressing room. Croswell Opera House/Adrian Union Hall; Adrian, MI; Adrian Union Hall. In 1863 Charles M. Croswell (Michigan governor 1877-81) formed an association to construct a new theatre. An 1866 birds-eye view of Adrian shows the completed exterior. Originally designated the Adrian Union Hall, by 1887 it was called the Croswell Opera House. The theatre hosted such performers as Maude Adams, Edwin Booth, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Charles Frohman, Victor Herbert and the Gilmore Band, Joe Jefferson, Thomas W. Kean, James Whitcomb Riley, Otis Skinner and John Philip Sousa. In 1921 the interior of the building was renovated to show motion pictures. In 1967 the building was rescued by the Adrian Foundation from threatened demolition. Its care was then entrusted to the new Croswell Opera House and Fine Arts Association. Tibbets Opera House; Coldwater, MI. Built in 1882, Tibbits is one of the oldest theaters in Michigan. Rich in history and ambience, it offers excellent acoustics, an intimate 499-seat setting and a variety of quality performances throughout the year. This theater has played host to Ethel Barrymore, John Phillip Sousa, John L. Sullivan, Maude Adams, Fay Templeton and more. The original style of the building was an ornate Second Empire French Revival, but in the late 1960's was covered by a more "modern" façade, losing all of its fenestration. Tibbits includes a professional summer stock company that presents a variety of plays and musicals. Currently, a major fundraising campaign has been initiated to raise the more than $12 million needed to restore Tibbits to its original glory. Missouri The Folly Theatre in Kansas City Nevada Piper's Opera House; Virginia City, Nevada. (Where Richard Matheson saw her portrait and was inspired to write "Bid Time Return" which became "Somewhere In Time") New Hampshire The Music Hall, Portsmouth. She appeared there in the play A Celebrated Case. There is, by the way, a fascinating book on this hall, entirled The Music Hall, Portsmouth by Zhana Morris and Trevor E. Bartlett from Arcadia ppublishing. 2003. The book is filled with loads and loads of interesting pictures about the hall, its founding, restoration, people who appeared there (including Maude Adams), etc. New York Alcazar Theatre (Caught in a Corner) Bijou Theatre (A Midnight Bell) Empire Theatre, New York, on the south-east corner of Broadway and 40th Street. It housed during the winter not only Frohman's stock company but also companies led by John Drew and Maude Adams, who in 1905 was seen as Barrie's Peter Pan. The theatre was demolished in 1953.(The Bauble Shop, The Imprudent Young Couple, Christopher Jr.Rosemary, The Little Mniister) Grand Opera House (The Highest Bidder, Lord Chumley) Knickerbocker Theatre, on Broadway, at the north-east corner of 38th Street. (L'Aiglon in 1900, Quality Street in 1901, Mrs. Hilary Regrets) Palmer's Theater (The Masked ball, the Butterflies, The Squire of Dames) Proctor's Theater (All The Comforts of Home, Men and Women, The Lost Paradise) Star Theater (The Paymaster, Peter Pan) Ohio The Valentine Theater in Toledo, Ohio (The Little Minister and Peter Pan) Tennessee Ryman Auditorium; Nashville, TN. The Ryman Auditorium first opened its doors in 1892 as a vision of Captain Thomas G. Ryman. With the coming of the Grand Ole Opry show in 1943, the Ryman found its identity as the Mother Church of Country Music. In 1974, the Opry moved to its current home by the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center and left the Ryman vacant. It was not until twenty years later in 1994 that the Ryman was restored to be the national showplace that it is today. Musicians ranging from Roy Acuff to James Brown and Patsy Cline to Sheryl Crow have performed on the Ryman stage, making it a historical as well as a current-day icon for people everywhere. Virginia The Virginia Stage Company at the Wells Theatre. The Wells Theatre was opened on August 26, 1913 by Jake and Otto Wells. That first year, Maude Adams flew across the stage as Peter Pan and Wells presented Ben-Hur complete with teams of horses on treadmills. Washington, D.C. The National Theater. West Virginia The Court Theatre in Wheeling, in which she performed in Peter Pan. Wisconsin The Racine Theatre; Racine, WI; (Twice, in "Peter Pan" and "Merchant of Venice").
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