Regent Theater
1627 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Baltimore,
MD
21217
1627 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Baltimore,
MD
21217
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I’m trying to get information on a 1940’s band called Icy Hot, a successful vaudeville group that performed at the Regent Theater on Pennsylvania Avenue. The band was made up of five guys from Douglass High School. This theater was located down the street from the Royal Theater.
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This website has additional info on the Regent Theater. That site claims that this theater was torn down and replaced by a bowling alley.
The Regent Theater first opened in 1916 as a 500 seat theatre catering for Negro audiences. The architectural firm was Sparklin & Childs (William O. Sparklin & George S. Childs).
In 1920 the same architects were commisioned to enlarge the theatre, retaining the original entrance facade and it re-opened in January 1921 with an increased seating capacity of 2,250, that included 400 seats in a newly constructed balcony. In 1922 a 2 Manual Robert Morton pipe organ was installed. Remaining a Negro theatre, the stage was well used in the variety shows which accompanied the movies, with artists such as Cab Calloway, Sissle & Blake, Lena Horne & Ethel Waters appearing here.
It closed in December 1974 (with the seating capacity greatly reduced down to 1,474) and was demolished in 1980.
The 1932-33 Business Directory of Baltimore City shows a Regent theater being owned/operated by Hornstein Amusement Corp.