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The Tennessee Theatre was a 2,028 seat, single screen movie and stage theater at 535 Church Street, in Nashville, Tennessee was opened on February 28, 1952. [1] It was built with the designs of architect Joseph W. Holman in the shell of the 11-story, Art Deco Sudekum Building, [2] also known as Warner building, that was completed in 1932, The theater was demolished in the 1980s.
TPAC's Johnson Theater. Andrew Johnson Theater is TPAC's smallest theater, ideal for adventurous and experimental art and entertainment. The 59' x 54' center open floor performing space is surrounded by three sides with banks of theater seating. With seating up to 256 configurable seats, this theater can host a variety of seating arrangements.
The Tennessee Theatre is a movie palace in the downtown core of Knoxville, Tennessee, United States. The theater was built in 1928 in the 1908 Burwell Building, considered Knoxville's first skyscraper. [ 1 ]
Its Bijou Theatre in Nashville was one of the premiere venues for African American audiences in the Southern United States. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Milton Starr, who was part of the prominent Jewish family that owned and ran the theater, was the first president of the Theater Owners Booking Association (TOBA), headquartered in Chattanooga . [ 3 ]
Robert Altman's ensemble drama was filmed entirely in Nashville in the summer of 1974. The movie follows 24 various Music City types during a five-day period preparing for a third-party ...
Belcourt Theatre in 2008. The theater was opened in 1925 as the Hillsboro Theatre by M.A. Lightman Sr. of Malco Theatres and his father Joseph Lightman. It was a silent movie house, boasting the most modern projection equipment and the largest stage in the city. The first film shown was America by D. W. Griffith. [2]
Nashville Repertory Theatre was founded as Tennessee Repertory Theatre in 1985 by Mac Pirkle and Martha Rivers Ingram. [1] The first production was Macbeth. [2] The theatre's original home base for production was the 1100-seat James K. Polk Theater in the Tennessee Performing Arts Center.
The War Memorial Auditorium is a 2,000-seat performance hall located in Nashville, Tennessee.Built in 1925, it served as home of the Grand Ole Opry between 1939 and 1943. It is also known as the War Memorial Building, the Tennessee War Memorial, or simply the War Memorial.