A traveller's guidebook described the space in 1899: "The auditorium is 75 feet high of the same width and 80 feet deep. It is fashioned on the plan of a mammoth shell. ... The ten oddly fashioned private boxes on either side of the proscenium give a novel effect to the interior. The decoration of the main ceiling is modernized Renaissance treated in Gobelin tapestry effect and the coloring of the walls is in harmonizing shades. The stage is 73 by 45 feet, with a height of 69 feet to the rigging loft. The house has 2,000 seats."[9]
"In 1947 the Tremont became a movie theater named the Astor and briefly, before its demise, a juice bar."[10] "After a fire in 1983, the building was demolished."[11] "AMC Boston Common 19 Movie Theater now occupies the site."[10]
Tremont Street, 1903, across from Boston Common. (Tremont Theatre 6th building from right)
Portrait of John B. Schoeffel, one of the proprietors
Performance of "The Stolen Story" at the Tremont Theatre, c. 1906
Programme from "The Student King," 1906
Detail of 1911 map of Boston, showing Tremont Theatre
References
^John B. Schoeffel (1846–1918); married to actress Agnes Booth. "John B. Schoeffel Dies in Boston at 72; veteran manager once directed Metropolitan Opera House with H.E. Abbey and Maurice Grau." New York Times, September 1, 1918
^"Abbey, Henry Eugene". Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States. Boston: James H. Lamb Company. 1900.
^Atherton Brownell. Boston Theatres of To-Day. The Bostonian, v.2, no.6, 1896
^Boston Almanac, 1891, 1894; Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918, 1921
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This article is about the theatre in Boston Massachusetts in the 1880s c 1940s For other uses see Tremont Theatre disambiguation The Tremont Theatre est 1889 was a playhouse in Boston Massachusetts in the late 19th and early 20th centuries Henry E Abbey and John B Schoeffel 1 established the enterprise 2 and oversaw construction of its building 3 at no 176 Tremont Street in the Boston Theater District area 4 Managers included Abbey Schoeffel and Grau 5 6 Klaw amp Erlanger 7 Thos B Lothan and Albert M Sheehan 8 Tremont Theatre Boston c 1910s 1918 cover art from Tremont Theatre A traveller s guidebook described the space in 1899 The auditorium is 75 feet high of the same width and 80 feet deep It is fashioned on the plan of a mammoth shell The ten oddly fashioned private boxes on either side of the proscenium give a novel effect to the interior The decoration of the main ceiling is modernized Renaissance treated in Gobelin tapestry effect and the coloring of the walls is in harmonizing shades The stage is 73 by 45 feet with a height of 69 feet to the rigging loft The house has 2 000 seats 9 In 1947 the Tremont became a movie theater named the Astor and briefly before its demise a juice bar 10 After a fire in 1983 the building was demolished 11 AMC Boston Common 19 Movie Theater now occupies the site 10 Contents 1 Performances 1 1 1880s 1890s 1 2 1900s 1 3 1910s 1 4 1920s 1 5 1930s 1940s 2 Images 3 References 4 External linksPerformances Edit1880s 1890s Edit Justin McCarthy s The Candidate with Charles Wyndham and Mary Moore 12 Sarah Bernhardt 13 1492 Up to Date presented by Edward E Rice s Surprise party Pauline Hall s Puritania music by Edgar Stillman Kelley 14 15 Niobe with Abbott amp Teal s comedy co 5 Garrett P Serviss Wonders of America 5 W S Gilbert s His Excellency with George Edwardes Comic Opera Co 16 Two Little Vagrants 17 J M Barrie s The Professors Love Story with E S Willard 18 Half a King with Francis Wilson 18 Augustus Thomas The Hoosier Doctor with Digby Bell 19 Augustus Thomas The Jucklins with Stuart Robson 19 DeWolf Hopper and the Boston Cadet Band 20 De Koven and Smith s The Highwayman with Broadway Theatre Opera Co 20 1900s Edit Pixley amp Luders Prince of Pilsen 21 Winston Churchill s The Crisis with James K Hackett 22 Roland MacDonald s The Sword of the King with Henrietta Crosman 22 David Belasco amp John Luther Long s Darling of the Gods with Blanche Bates 23 Mr Pickwick with DeWolf Hopper 24 The Cingalee with Augustin Daily Musical Co 25 Jesse Lynch Williams The Stolen Story 26 De Koven s The Student King 27 Geo Broadhurst s Man of the Hour 28 Kitty Grey 29 A Knight for a Day 29 1910s Edit Ziegfeld Follies 29 Cohan s 7 Keys to Baldpate 30 D W Griffith s The Birth of a Nation 31 32 Harry James Smith s A Tailor Made Man with Grant Mitchell 33 Three Faces East 29 Winchell Smith and John E Hazzards s Turn to the Right with Edgar Nelson and Jason Robards September 17 1917 34 1920s Edit Ed Wynn Carnival 35 Little Nellie Kelly The O Brien Girl 29 Just A Minute Phil Morris and H C Greene 11 scenes and 90 people Avery Hopwood s The Gold Diggers 8 Shavings with Harry Beresford 36 Captain Applejack with Wallace Eddinger and Mary Nash 37 The Girl in the Spotlight 29 1930s 1940s Edit This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it February 2012 Green Grow the Lilacs Confidential Service 29 Divorce Me Dear 29 Images Edit Advertisement for the cool Tremont 1902 Tremont Street 1903 across from Boston Common Tremont Theatre 6th building from right Portrait of John B Schoeffel one of the proprietors Performance of The Stolen Story at the Tremont Theatre c 1906 Programme from The Student King 1906 Detail of 1911 map of Boston showing Tremont TheatreReferences Edit John B Schoeffel 1846 1918 married to actress Agnes Booth John B Schoeffel Dies in Boston at 72 veteran manager once directed Metropolitan Opera House with H E Abbey and Maurice Grau New York Times September 1 1918 Abbey Henry Eugene Lamb s biographical dictionary of the United States Boston James H Lamb Company 1900 Atherton Brownell Boston Theatres of To Day The Bostonian v 2 no 6 1896 Boston Almanac 1891 1894 Boston Register and Business Directory 1918 1921 a b c Boston Globe January 22 1893 Death of Maurice Grau The Theatre 7 75 May 1907 New York Times May 14 1914 a b New York Public Library Programme Tremont Theatre Monday May 1 David Belasco presents The Gold Diggers April 24 1922 Rand McNally amp Co s handy guide to Boston and environs Chicago Rand McNally amp Co 1899 OCLC 33412586 OL 529088M a b Boston Athenaeum Theatre History Tremont Theatre 1889 1949 176 Tremont Street Retrieved February 5 2012 Historic New England Tremont Theatre Boston Mass postcard c 1907 Postmarked August 5 1911 Boston Daily Globe October 20 1889 New York Times March 10 1891 Boston Globe August 21 1892 Music magazine v 3 Jan 1893 Boston Evening Transcript March 12 1896 Boston Globe March 26 1897 a b Boston Evening Transcript December 17 1897 a b Boston Globe April 8 1898 a b Boston Evening Transcript May 14 1898 Boston Globe September 19 1902 a b Boston Daily Globe January 5 1903 Boston Evening Transcript December 31 1903 Boston Evening Transcript December 31 1903 Boston Daily Globe March 28 1905 The Theatre magazine July 1906 Boston Evening Transcript October 25 1906 Boston Evening Transcript April 17 1908 a b c d e f g h Brandeis University Libraries 1987 A checklist of theatre programs housed in the Special Collections Department Waltham Mass Boston Globe January 5 1915 Boston Evening Transcript June 3 1915 Paul Polgar 2008 Fighting Lightning with Fire Black Boston s Battle against The Birth of a Nation Massachusetts Historical Review 10 Boston Globe May 22 1917 Tremont Theater program Boston Globe February 10 1920 This Week in Boston September 5 1920 Boston Globe December 12 1922External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tremont Theatre Boston Bostonian Society Photo of Tremont Street parade c 1939 1941 with glimpse of the Tremont theatre sign Horse drawn fire equipment on parade corner of Boylston Street and Tremont Street c 1939 1941 with glimpse of the Tremont theatre sign Historic New England Postcard for Potash amp Perlmutter Tremont Theatre Boston Mass undated Tremont Theatre Boston Mass postcard c 1907 Postmarked August 5 1911 Boston Athenaeum Tremont Theatre programs 1890 1903Coordinates 42 21 11 29 N 71 3 51 6 W 42 3531361 N 71 064333 W 42 3531361 71 064333 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tremont Theatre Boston 1889 amp oldid 1058968580, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
