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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Connecticut » Hartford » Lyric Theatre

Lyric Theatre

Hartford, CT
585 Park Street
, Hartford, CT, United States
(map)
Status: Closed
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Unknown
Function: Unknown
Seats: 1000
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
Lyric Theatre
Recent exterior view of the now-abandoned Lyric
Photo courtesy of Roger Katz
The Lyric opened in the 1930s and is located on Park Street in Hartford's Frog Hollow section. It has been closed since the 1970s and is currently abandoned. The Lyric is one of many city theaters that have now been lost or forgotten.
Contributed by Roger Katz

YOUR COMMENTS

 
The Lyric Theatre is located at 585 Park Street and it seated 1000 people.
posted by William on Nov 19, 2003 at 5:32pm
If I won a $300 million lottery THIS would be the theatre I chose to refurbish. The Lyric has been closed for about 30+ years and the decrepit roof has allowed water to pour in and ruin much of the interior. The Lyric on Park Street which is known as New England's Hispanic Main Street. It could be successful as a Hispanic cultural and performing arts center with some Spanish movies also shown. However, it will cost many tens of millions of dollars to restore, and that is what is keeping it from happening.
posted by Roger Katz on Jan 17, 2004 at 5:12am
Was this theater ever used as retail space?
Basile Baumann Prost & Associates, Inc. (BBP Associates) is an economics and real estate development advisory firm. This is a clip from their list of projects on their website:

"Hartford, CT— Conversion of the old Lyric Theater into office and retail uses."

Maybe they "advised" someone and it didn't happen.
posted by TC on Jun 8, 2005 at 4:59am
An Austin organ Opus 1379 Size 3/7 was installed in the Lyric Theater in 1926 at a cost of $7,000.
posted by Lost Memory on Oct 3, 2005 at 9:32am
Here is an article from 2004 about turning the Lyric into artist housing and studio space.
posted by Lost Memory on Nov 14, 2005 at 7:24am
Roger, I have agree with what you said. I'd do the same thing.
posted by Spike Spiegel on Jan 31, 2006 at 3:50pm
Recent photos of the theatre building exterior:
FRONT
FRONT AND REAR
REAR
posted by Gerald A. DeLuca on Apr 2, 2007 at 11:54am
Trying to expose the Lyric's Story.

I work for the Hartford Public Library Park Branch in the Frog Hollow Neighborhood and am searching for any old photos or information on the history of the Lyric Theater. Does any one have any leads on historical facts about the Lyric?
posted by Leticia Cotto on May 22, 2009 at 10:58am
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