| re: Probably a lot were torn down in most cities | |
| Posted by: portenopete 09:09 am EDT 06/26/24 | |
| In reply to: Probably a lot were torn down in most cities - dramedy 05:31 pm EDT 06/25/24 | |
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| That's a pity. I've been to ACT and just loved the beauty of the Strand. (What's the story about Carol Channing? Maybe it's apocryphal but didn't she claim to have been born in the alley between the Strand and the Curran?) It's extraordinary how many theatres there once were. Not just the grand palaces which served as touring venues but run-of-the-mill neighbourhood cinemas that in some neighbourhoods were every couple of blocks. Sometimes the marquees were left when they were retrofitted and you can see the ghostly outline of the theatre (most of these probably didn't seat more than a couple hundred people). I've seen a great book about these lost spaces in Toronto called THE NABE, which is a book that could be written about any town or city. It's what makes Dmitri Weissman's welcoming speech in FOLLIES so poignant. At least when a legit theatre went vaudeville and then burlesque and then blue, it was still a theatre. Now they're not ending up as parking lots, but....what? |
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