Mayflower Theater
1133 NW 23rd Street,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73111
1133 NW 23rd Street,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73111
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The Mayflower Theater was open from 1937 to 1991. After closing it became a church.
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Jersey Gal
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It was a live music venue just after it closed as a theater called Planet Earth. I was involved in the OKC music scene in the early ‘90’s and attended several shows there. It was quite interesting to explore the backstage area and see the old equipment there. The screen was retained at thus time, and light shows ans such were shown behind the bands. It didn’t last long in that role, though, it was my understanding that it was too expensive to operate.
I remember the restaurant as well, Hong Kong Garden – it was very nice inside and had pretty good food, It was there until at least 2002, when I moved out of the Gatewood area.
What I recall most about the Mayflower were the octagonal windows above the marquee that had etched images of ships and were framed in polished aluminum.
Was this the Mayflower Theater?
http://tinyurl.com/bkvrfk
The above pic looks to be in the right locale for the old Mayflower. I do believe you may have found it.
Yes Roadsideok that was the Mayflower. The structure
was completely reconfigured as the Asian restaurant and
is thus unrecognizable. I will post a photo of the old Mayflower
in my next post so you guys can see what it looked like in the 70s.
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Click the above link for a view of the Mayflower in 1975. Photo
courtesy of Jeff Chapman Collection.
1985 photo of the Mayflower Theatre. Showing X rated films.
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I once rented a spotlight to Planet Earth club 1993-94? for a DEICIDE concert there. The entire back line (guitar amps) were running on an extension cord and plugged into the projection booth. Seventy five feet of extension cord WAY overloaded gets HOT!!! :) It kept popping the breaker when I would run the little spotlight and the lead singer of the death metal band Deicide told the crowd over the sound system he was going to sacrafice me to the devil if it went off again. Wow I loved those days… And I didn’t get paid.
Now a Chinese Buffet, this site has photos of a snow covered Mayflower Cinema,
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/526
Modern day view of former Mayflower Cinema,
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The Cinema Section of Roadside Oklahome is closed, they no longer have theatre photos according to the site. Go to their home page for further details.