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The Byrd Theatre is a cinema in the Carytown neighborhood of Richmond, Virginia. It was named after William Byrd II, [3] the founder of the city. The theater opened on December 24, 1928 to much excitement and is affectionately referred to as "Richmond’s Movie Palace". Though equipped with a Wurlitzer pipe organ, the theatre was also one of ...
The Hippodrome Theater was opened in 1914 by Charles A. Somma as a vaudeville and movie theater. [2] The theater played a major role in the entertainment of Richmond's African-American community during the early 20th century. [3] It is located on Second Street in Richmond, which was once known as The Deuce. [1]
The outside of the Lee Art Theatre, photo from Special Collections and Archives, VCU Libraries. The Lee Art Theatre [sic] was an adult movie theater located on 934 W Grace Street, Richmond, Virginia, United States, that ran from 1965 to 1993. It is known as Richmond's first adult theater, and featured burlesque dancers in its later years. [1]
Eberson was famous for inventing the "atmospheric theatre" design, where the theater's walls resembled an elegant villa or streetscape under a night sky. The Carpenter Theatre design evokes a Spanish setting, with a faux sky ceiling containing stars and moving clouds. The Richmond CenterStage complex was renamed Dominion Energy Center in 2015.
After a $10 million renovation gift from the company, the theater was officially dubbed the Altria Theater in February 2014. [7] It annually plays host to big-name musical and theatrical performers. The theater was designed in Moorish Revival style by Marcellus E. Wright Sr. in association with Charles M. Robinson and Charles Custer Robinson ...
There was also a two-screen movie theater. Cloverleaf was very successful through the 1970s and 1980s. Major renovations were done to the mall in the 1980s. Thalhimers added a second floor to the anchor and the two-screen theater was moved to a standalone building behind the mall. The space vacated by the original theater was replaced by a food ...
At the height of its popularity Shock Theatre surpassed The Tonight Show in ratings for Central Virginia. [7] Hi There Horror Movie Fans: The Bowman Body Documentary was released in 2011 and premiered at the Byrd Theatre in Richmond, Virginia. [8]
Barksdale Theatre. Barksdale Theatre merged with Theatre IV in 2012 to become Virginia Repertory Theatre. [1] [2]Barksdale Theatre in Richmond, Virginia, United States, is Central Virginia’s first nonprofit professional performing arts organization, founded in 1953 at the historic Hanover Tavern by Tom Carlin, Stewart Falconer, David 'Pete' Kilgore, Priscilla Kilgore, Muriel McAuley and Pat ...