Shore Theatre Coney Island
Shore Theatre Coney Island
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1Shore Theatre Coney Island
Posted: 8/2/12 at 1:01pm
Another beautiful theater sitting in ruins.
Were theaters cheaper to build in the old days? You don't see this level of craftmanship in today's theaters.
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dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2Shore Theatre Coney Island
Posted: 8/2/12 at 1:04pm
I don't think they were proportionately cheaper -- but owners took more pride in making things beautiful. And craftsmen took pride in their work as well.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
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#2Shore Theatre Coney Island
Posted: 8/2/12 at 1:50pmabsolutely amazing blog. is it yours gothampc?
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#3Shore Theatre Coney Island
Posted: 8/2/12 at 1:54pmNo, not my blog, just one that I follow.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
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Broadway Legend Joined: 8/13/09
#4Shore Theatre Coney Island
Posted: 8/2/12 at 2:23pmThere was also a shift in theatre architecture and design that focused away from the opulence of the auditorium and went for a more minimalist approach. The idea was to remove the distraction from the house and let the stage take the focus. This is part of the reason so many people find the interiors of the Gershwin, Minskoff, and Marquis to be lacking in comparison to some of their neighbors. You'll also find this more bare style in college PACs across the country that were built in the 60s and 70s, a lot of cold, bare stone or concrete work, very little, if any at all, ornamentation, a basic, bare proscenium arch. The old vaudeville and movie palaces were truly works of art in some respects, but you could certainly never call them subtle or understated.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#5Shore Theatre Coney Island
Posted: 8/2/12 at 2:34pmI think also that years ago going to the movies was an event. People dressed up to go to the movies. During the Depression, they would hand out dishes and glassware to women.
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
#6Shore Theatre Coney Island
Posted: 8/2/12 at 2:51pmWhen looking at these picture the prologue music from FOLLIES runs through my head... Sad. Sad.
Cast albums are NOT "soundtracks."
Live theatre does not use a "soundtrack." If it did, it wouldn't be live theatre!
I host a weekly one-hour radio program featuring cast album selections as well as songs by cabaret, jazz and theatre artists. The program, FRONT ROW CENTRE is heard Sundays 9 to 10 am and also Saturdays from 8 to 9 am (eastern times) on www.proudfm.com
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#7Shore Theatre Coney Island
Posted: 8/2/12 at 3:15pmPictures like these break my heart.
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Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#8Shore Theatre Coney Island
Posted: 8/2/12 at 3:46pmWhen you see pictures of the palaces NY & Chicago has lost and add to that the criminal destruction of the SF Fox you could cry for a week.
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saisai
Understudy Joined: 7/7/12
#9Shore Theatre Coney Island
Posted: 8/2/12 at 4:09pm
There's one in Flushing (RKO Keith's Theater)
http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/834
Mr Roxy
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/17/03
#10Shore Theatre Coney Island
Posted: 8/2/12 at 4:44pmI was involved with trying for Landmark designation.Unfortunately Dem Queens Boro Pres Donald Manes screwed Queens.citizens (repeating what he did with the Lowe's Triboro) on this. The building sits there rotting away because he was in bed with developers. It did him no good as he eventually killed himself.
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