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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Nebraska » Omaha » Brandeis Theater

Brandeis Theater

Omaha, NE
17th and Douglas
, Omaha, NE 68102 United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Demolished
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Art Nouveau
Function: Unknown
Seats: 1500
Chain: Unknown
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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The Brandeis Theater, once described as the most beautiful playhouse in America, opened at the corner of 17th and Douglas in Omaha, NE, in 1910. Over the years the elegant art nouveau theater showed both films and live productions.

It was demolished for a parking garage in 1958
Contributed by Ivan Kent Steinke

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You can see a vintage postcard view of the Brandeis theater at http://www.omaha.lib.ne.us/galleries/postcards/post300_004.jpg
posted by beardbear31 on Sep 30, 2004 at 5:13pm
Another picture of the Brandeis Theater from the 1930's can be found at http://www.dwhm.org/documents/BrandeisTheaterBuilding1930s-10-505_000.pdf
posted by beardbear31 on Aug 15, 2006 at 3:03pm
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