![]() ![]() The only passageway between the two theaters is the sidewalk out front. # There is a secret passageway from the Paramount to the Opera House #. # Your grandparents went to the Paramount to see the likes of Frank Sinatra and Benny Goodman perform # No, there were no stage shows there. Hey, “Chronical” staff, if you want viewers to come back, you’ve gotta do a better job than this! Some misinformation on the program: # The Modern Theater was THE place to go for movies in Boston # No, hardly. And somehow, after 15 minutes, the show wandered off-topic, and I actually fell asleep out of boredom during the last 5 minutes. However, they only covered one section of the district, centered on the Opera House on Washington Street. 12, there was a 30-minute visit to the Boston Theatre District. ![]() The ABC-TV outlet in Boston, WCVB, Ch 5,has a long-time early evening program called “Chronical” which visits various places and areas in New England. Rsalters (Ron Salters) on Januat 10:48 am Paramount Theater Interior, Oakland California, 16-9 is a photograph by Kathy Anselmo which was uploaded on February 5th, 2021. A new, main 590-seat theatre was created with Art Deco style splendour, with seating for 326 in the orchestra level and 264 in the balcony. The Paramount Theater reopened as a performing arts center on Maand is now known as part of the Paramount Center. The entire development, to be called the Paramount Center, will provide Emerson with much-needed dormitory and rehearsal space.Įmerson College has won much praise for its restoration of the nearby Cutler Majestic Theatre, so its involvement in the Paramount Theater is great news for Washington Street. Keith’s Theatre (which has its own page on Cinema Treasures). Emerson would also redevelop an adjoining building which once contained the Bijou Theatre (which has its own page on Cinema Treasures) and will construct a new building in a vacant lot that once contained B.F. On April 13, 2005, Emerson College announced plans to redevelop the Paramount Theater into two live stages, one seating about 450 and the other 75 to 125. The restored sign is occasionally lit up at night, and is a glorious sight to see. Millennium agreed to do this in exchange for city approval of their adjacent Ritz-Carlton Towers project (which included the new 19-screen Loews Boston Common (which has its own page on Cinema Treasures). In 2002, Millennium Partners painstakingly restored the Paramount’s façade, marquee, and vertical sign. It was closed in 1976, and much of its interior detail was lost during asbestos removal in the 1980’s and decades of neglect and dereliction. ![]() The 1,797-seat Paramount Theater was the last of the great movie palaces erected on downtown Boston’s Washington Street, and the only one built exclusively for talking pictures. Opened on Februwith Marlene Dietrich in “Shanghai Express”. ![]()
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