Apollo Theatre

Kansas City, MO

3227 Troost Avenue

, Kansas City, MO 64109 United States

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Status:	Closed/Renovating
Screens:	Single Screen
Style:	Unknown

Function:	Unknown
Seats:	1064
Chain:	Unknown

Architect:	Carl Boller
Firm:	Boller Brothers

The Apollo Theatre opened in 1910. Dark terra cotta front facade with a U shaped marquee. Ornamental work around the exterior poster cases and the box office. The box office was centered and entrances on each side of the box office.

The Apollo had a nice sized lobby with a good sized concession area which I am sure was expanded in later years. The theatre had a small balcony. There was decorative plaster work on the proscenium around the stage. The Apollo was one of many theatres that were designed by the Boller Brothers in the Kansas City area. The theatre closed in 1956 and was turned into a night club in 1959.

Contributed by Chuck Van Bibber

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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.

posted by Jim Rankin on Apr 29, 2004 at 3:31am

Here is a thread on the possible renovation of this theatre along with pictures; old, new, and proposed:
http://www.kcskyscrapers.com/newforum/index.php?topic=10835.0

posted by Claydoh77 on Dec 26, 2006 at 3:48am

The 1950 edition of Film Daily Yearbook gives a seating capacity of 1,064.

posted by KenRoe on Dec 26, 2006 at 4:28am

Re: Here is a thread on the possible renovation of this theatre along with pictures; old, new, and proposed:
http://www.kcskyscrapers.com/newforum/index.php?topic=10835.0

posted by Claydoh77 on Dec 26, 2006 at 6:48am

Here is the more specific link:

http://forum.kcrag.com/index.php?topic=10835.0

posted by RobbKCity on Feb 1, 2007 at 5:16am

A Wurlitzer theater organ opus 856 style "B" special was installed in the Apollo Theater on 12/29/1925.

posted by Lost Memory on Oct 31, 2007 at 5:56pm

1984 photo of the Apollo Theatre.
http://americanclassicimages.com/Default.aspx?tabid=141&txtSearch=CATAdvancedSearch1%2c25%2c3%2c-1&SortField=ProductName+DESC%2cProductName&ProductID=29153

posted by Chuck1231 on Apr 6, 2009 at 12:53pm

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

posted by Seymour Cox on Sep 15, 2009 at 11:41am

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