Lyric Theatre

The official website for the Lyric (formally the Capri) is:
http://www.kcopera.org/s/about/history.htm
There are a couple of small pictures on the site. The theatre certainly looks like it's worth a visit.

Tour of Missouri, Oklahoma and Kansas Theatres in 2004
From June 26 through July 1, 2004 the Theatre Historical Society of America will tour a number of theatres in Kansas City Missouri and surrounding areas, including theatres in Lamar, Joplin, Richmond, St. Joseph and Springfield, MO, as well as Miami, OK, and these cities in Kansas: Leavenworth, Kansas City, Emporia, El Dorado, Augusta, Wichita, Hutchinson, McPherson, Salina, Concordia, and Topeka. More information is contained on their web site: http://www.HistoricTheatres.org and special photos and information concerning the Kansas City theatres: UPTOWN and the MIDLAND is available on this temporary page of their site at: http://www2.hawaii.edu/~angell/thsa/fromarch.html A glossy brochure about this "Heart of America" Conclave is available from the Society's headquarters listed on their homepage, via E-mail to the Ex. Director, or via snail mail. Membership in the Society is not required to attend the Conclave and tour the theatres, but fees do apply as detailed on their site. Bring your camera and lots of film, for it is usually difficult or impossible to enter these theatres for photos, and some of them will surely not be with us in the years to come.

I grew up in Kansas City and think I remember attending movies here. I am trying to find the photos referenced above, to refresh my memory. I remember alot of movie theatres in my childhood and sometimes they all blend together some. I would have been rather young when the trouble started there, though. This morning I was looking to see how many theatres are being used as a MUSIC HALL and was surprised to see none, except for symphony and opera. We've been thinking our theatre in Port St. Joe, FL would make a great Music Hall!

Capri Theater AKA Masonic Hall AKA Lyric AKA Victoria Theater

Photo of the Capri is here:
http://cinerama.topcities.com/capri.htm

thanks for posting the photos! Nice memories!

In the 1960s, I visited my grandparents every summer in Kansas City. My grandmother took me to the Capri in 1965 for my first roadshow movie - "My Fair Lady". I'll never forget it as long as I live. The huge screen, the stereo sound, the gorgeous lobby decorated with flowered parasols, the hardcover souvenir program. What a beautiful theater and a treasured memory.

LEGENDARY FRANKIE VALENS 2006/2007 Oldies concert tour


B U L L E T I N - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE "Book Frankie now - while there are concert dates open........"


INTRODUCING,

Frankie Valens



Former legendary pop-singer FRANKIE VALENS, who toured in the late 60s and early 70s is back. Frankie has returned to provide entertainment with an 'oldies' show featuring songs from the 50s, 60s and early 70s and includes his recordings of "This Magic Moment," and "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes."

Visit www.frankievalens.com (complete with sounds bites)

Frankie loves to entertain the crowds. The crowds can dance or just listen to the 'golden oldies' sung by what has been described as the 'golden voice' of FRANKIE VALENS. Frankie's wife Phyllis joins him in singing famous duet songs from the past.

Frankie has been in concert with such notable acts as: THE BYRDS, CRYSTAL GALE, THE PLATTERS AND THE BOXTOPS. Frankie has appeared at the Delta Center in Salt Lake City with former President Reagan; the Waupaka Performing Art Center in Wisconsin; and the famous Orpheum Theatre in Wichita, Kansas where Red Skelton appeared.

Note: Frankie Valens will be inducted into the Music Hall of Fame later this year in Wichita, Kansas at the Museum of World Treasures, who is planning a musical exhibit and creating a special CD edition of Frankie's greatest recordings.

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BOOKING OLDIE CONCERTS FOR 2006/2007

Call 316-789-0051
Please call or e-mail us to let us know if any of these dates are available: 316-789-0051 or fvpv7@sbcglobal.net

From the offices of
FVM Headquarters
PMB # 322
620 N Rock Road, Ste 230
Derby, KS 67037

316-789-0051 or
913-378-6874
www.frankievalens.com
fvpv7@sbcglobal.net

Frankie & Phyllis Valens

This theater needs some updating. Here is the history page from the Lyric website.

The Lyric Theatre building has been sold to a local data processing and real estate company, DST. No plans have been announced for when the Kansas City Lyric Opera moves out of the building to take up residence in the new Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts.

Here's a recent picture of the old Capri.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/18822933@N00/2775090534/in/photostream/

This site has several vintage photos of the Lyric, along with other KC theatres -
http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/i/image/image-idx?page=index;c=umkcredic

The address should be 1029 Central Street. Lyric Opera of Kansas City website