Posted: 6/23/15 at 3:24am
All that remains of this theatre is its two facades on 42nd and 43rd Streets - the space inside was constructed in the late '90s on the grounds of the Lyric and Apollo Theatres as the Ford Center for the performing arts, later renamed the Hilton and Foxwoods before being rechristened the Lyric.
The original Lyric however was built in 1903, and served as a legitimate Broadway house until 1934 when it became a movie house.
The two facades as they appeared early in life:
Some interior shots:
Vintage programs:
As a movie theater with its original facade and a new marquee:
And finally, as a movie theatre with it's facade hideously covered up:
Perhaps someone who went to it as a movie house can tell us if any of the original interior was preserved over the years, or if it was as hideously covered up as the front was!
Yes, the 'New Apollo' housed On Golden Pond, Bent, Fifth of July and then a one-performance fiasco, The Guys in the Truck, which ended its legit return. Here's a shot of what the 43rd Street front of house looked like. 
