Chelsea Theatre
200 West Fourth Street,
Kansas City,
MO
64105
200 West Fourth Street,
Kansas City,
MO
64105
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The Chelsea was another of the old downtown Kansas City theatres. It was located on West Fourth at Wyandotte. I could find no time line on the Chelsea.
If anyone has further information the the Chelsea it would be appreciated.
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The Chelsea, also known as the Old Chelsea Theatre & Chelsea Quay, operated as an adult movie & strip-club from June 1972 to July 2000 . Seated approximately 200 with 1 screen. I don’t have info as to its days as a legitimate, first or second run theatre. In August of 2000 it was renovated and re-opened by a Live Comedy Troupe “Late Night Theatre” but that was very short lived & the theatre was torn down in the summer of 2001 fpr planned developments.
A friend who attended a few of the plays in 2000-2001 told me how amused she was with the wallpaper in the women’s restroom, it was metallic gold with brown velvet-like flocking in the shape of people in “positions”. The lobby still had the 70’s look with shag carpet & velvet wallpaper.
The site is now slated for development of a $40 Million 6-story office/residential tower.
There was also an earlier Chelsea theatre at 1228 Broadway in Downtown.
The former Chelsea Theatre site is now home to a new building housing the local headquarters of the architecture firm of HOK Event + Sport + Venue.
I headlined at The Old Chelsea Theatre from 1978 to 1985. If you have any questions about the place, I can probably answer them for you.
Dallas Electra
My father to me to the Chelsea for my 18th birthday in 1987. I was hoping to see an old photo of it.