Shadowland Theatre
157 Canal Street,
Ellenville,
NY
12428
157 Canal Street,
Ellenville,
NY
12428
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Opened as a vaudeville and movie house in 1920, seating originally 900, the Shadowland Theatre has been home since 1984 to the Shadowland Theatre company, originally Cooperative Artists. Seating was reduced to 148 while still retaining the original look of the theater. Today the Shadowland Theatre presents live theater and musicals.
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Bryan Krefft
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A documentary titled “Ellenville on Parade” that was shown at the Shadowland Theater in 1941 can be viewed here.
A Robert-Morton theater organ was installed in the Shadowland Theater in 1927.
This is a night view of the Shadowland Theater.
Here are photos from 1988
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As Bryan Krefft’s description of the Shadowland Theatre says that it opened in 1920, I think that the following item from March 20 issue of The American Contractor that year probably concerns this theater:
The photos lostmemory linked to show that the theater has a facade in an architectural style common in the 1850s and 1860s. I’d guess that the 50x80 building erected in 1920 was the auditorium, built behind the existing older building, which was adapted as an entrance. Google’s satellite view shows that the dark roof of what must be the auditorium is about 50x80, though it looks like a bit was added to the rear of it,probably when the house was converted for live theater. That part has a white roof.Update on renovations: hvmag