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#50Most Beautiful Touring Theatres
Posted: 3/4/16 at 1:17am
Mr Roxy:
You would have loved the 75th anniversary celebration:
http://www.riverfronttimes.com/2004-07-28/calendar/our-20th-century-fox/
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#51Most Beautiful Touring Theatres
Posted: 3/4/16 at 12:57pm
Did they fire up the massive pipe organ especially since it was a silent firm?
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#52Most Beautiful Touring Theatres
Posted: 3/4/16 at 1:12pm
Also, the Orpheum in San Francisco! Some tourists once asked me if it used to be a cathedral.
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Updated On: 3/4/16 at 01:12 PM
ozjust4
Stand-by Joined: 8/31/13
#53Most Beautiful Touring Theatres
Posted: 3/4/16 at 1:36pm
Mr Roxy said: "The Plaza in El Paso is an atmospheric theater. Do you know if the cloud machine and stars still work Ozjust4?
I believe they do work.
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#54Most Beautiful Touring Theatres
Posted: 3/4/16 at 1:44pm
You are lucky. The stars are just flashing lights. The cloud effect is done by a contraption called a brenograph. If it still works, it is a miracle. They may have developed an alternative way of doing this as this device has not been made in more than 50 or more years.
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#55Most Beautiful Touring Theatres
Posted: 3/4/16 at 1:49pm
This is also a stunning theater, but it was designed for both symphonies/concerts and plays. I personally feel it doesn't work for plays as well because orchestra has the usual limitations of missing a lot of on stage light-design, and even the closest seat on front mezz is very far from the stage. The intimacy of live theater is lost, even after paying a lot of money.
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#56Most Beautiful Touring Theatres
Posted: 3/4/16 at 1:57pm
MR: "Did they fire up the massive pipe organ especially since it was a silent firm?"
They did!
AND there was an organ recital during pre-seating/seating. The last, or maybe next-to-last, song before the anniversary show began was 'Phantom'. You've never experienced the Phantom vamp until you feel the rumble of one of the largest-ever theater organs with all the stops out. You can literally feel it in the floor and walls. I still get chills remembering it.
Edit: Found a decent clip of the late, brilliant Stan Kann playing a Phantom/Bach medley. If you use headphones there are a few points in the clip where you can get a sense of the vibrations coming off that thing. It's stunning:
This is a wonderful 8 minute PBS package on the history of the Mighty Wurlitzer of the St. Louis Fox with a bit of history of the theater itself:
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Updated On: 3/4/16 at 01:57 PM
#57Most Beautiful Touring Theatres
Posted: 3/4/16 at 3:20pm
Another vote for the beloved St. Louis Fox!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#58Most Beautiful Touring Theatres
Posted: 3/4/16 at 3:28pm
Little know fact about it.The theater was featured in Escape From NY which was filmed in St Louis - go figure. This was when the theater was really run down and almost abandoned. You really cannot see it as it is now and the scenes there were very dark
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#59Most Beautiful Touring Theatres
Posted: 3/4/16 at 3:41pm
These theatres are newer, but still are extremely pretty and interesting to look at.
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#60Most Beautiful Touring Theatres
Posted: 3/4/16 at 4:57pm
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The Boston Opera house, for sure.
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#61Most Beautiful Touring Theatres
Posted: 3/4/16 at 5:03pm
Boston opera house...
I appoligise for any spelling mistakes. I may be on my mobile. Clumsy fingers and small little touchscreen keys don't mixx. I try to spellcheck, but I may miss something.
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#62Most Beautiful Touring Theatres
Posted: 3/4/16 at 5:04pm
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I appoligise for any spelling mistakes. I may be on my mobile. Clumsy fingers and small little touchscreen keys don't mixx. I try to spellcheck, but I may miss something.
Updated On: 3/4/16 at 05:04 PM
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#63Most Beautiful Touring Theatres
Posted: 3/4/16 at 6:14pm
Years ago , I was with a group touring old theaters. We went upstairs at the Boston Opera House and sat there while people talked and sang on stage. We heard perfectly even though they were not miked.
Great acoustics
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Updated On: 3/4/16 at 06:14 PM
Jarethan
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/10/11
#64Most Beautiful Touring Theatres
Posted: 3/4/16 at 6:46pm
Was this a bone ride tour? If so, can you please share it. Thanks.
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Featured Actor Joined: 7/12/07
#65Most Beautiful Touring Theatres
Posted: 3/4/16 at 6:47pm
Another vote for the Majestic in San Antonio. I am always in awe when I see a show in that theatre!
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#66Most Beautiful Touring Theatres
Posted: 3/4/16 at 7:02pm
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I was with a group Theater Historical Society. They publish magazines 4 times a year.They also have a convention once a year where they tour old theaters. I used to be NYC director. I quit over politics I could no longer deal with.
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