Lyric Theater
518 Elizabeth Street,
Waycross,
GA
31501
518 Elizabeth Street,
Waycross,
GA
31501
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While the Ritz Theatre is being used for the live performances the Lyric still remains all boarded up. The movie “Queen for a Day” played both the larger Ritz and the Lyric at the same time.
World Premiere of the “Queen For a Day” took place on April 15th, 1951
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July 9 1969 a real nice ad on"WHERE EAGLES DARE" It was cut of a Preesbook, It was an ad for that film I had never seen before.
April 26 1970 and “THEY SHOOT HORSES DON’T THEY” is playing.
2009 photo of the Lyric Theatre in Waycross.
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Here are two more photos from 1986:
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1989 photo of the Ritz Theatre.
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1986 photo of the Lyric Theatre.
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Here is a more recent photo of the Lyric Theater. It still appears to be closed.
Another recent photo of the Lyric Theater can be seen here.
This is another photo of the Lyric Theater.
Here is a recent photo of the Lyric Theater.
Try this site for a small picture. The thumbnails are out of order:
http://www.wayx.net/historicimages.html
One of the other theatres in Waycross was the Ritz which is now called the WACT, Waycross Area Community Theatre.
This theater should have been the one to “save”.It is more intact than the gutted one.Waycross is a diamond in the rough.If it were a little closer to Jacksonville,it could come back from the grave it is in.I believe there was a 3rd theater downtown in the 50’s.Could the church use facility be it?I often went to Waycross in the late 50’s with my father on church affairs.The WWII airfield was still totally intact then and as a very young military groupie,I loved it.