Keith's Theatre (Boston)

Keith's Theatre, Tremont Street, Boston, ca.1906 (Library of Congress)

B.F. Keith's Theatre (18941928) in Boston, Massachusetts, was a vaudeville playhouse run by B.F. Keith. It sat across from the Boston Common in the city's theatre district, with an entrance on Tremont Street and another on Washington Street.[1] Personnel included Keith, E.F. Albee and H.E. Gustin.[2] Virgilio Tojetti painted some of the interior decorations.[3][4] "In 1939, the theater found a new life as a movie house called the Normandie Theater."[5]

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References

  1. Keith's Theatre, no.547 Washington and no.163 Tremont. Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918, 1921
  2. Cahn-Leighton Official Theatrical Guide. NY. 1913.
  3. "Keith's Tremont Street Entrance". The Opera Glass. 4 (10). October 1897.
  4. "Virgilio Tojetti (1849-1901)". Public Opinion. 30. April 4, 1901.
  5. Boston Athenaeum. "Theater History: Keith's Theatre (1894-1952), 547 Washington Street". Retrieved 2012-02-06.
  6. 1 2 Deac Rossell (Summer 1995). "A Chronology of Cinema, 1889-1896". Film History. 7.

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Coordinates: 42°21′14.55″N 71°3′49.13″W / 42.3540417°N 71.0636472°W / 42.3540417; -71.0636472

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