Lyric Theater
1800 Third Avenue North,
Birmingham,
AL
35203
1800 Third Avenue North,
Birmingham,
AL
35203
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The Lyric Theater opened in 1914 as a vaudville theatre.
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Ladies and gents, I just posted a group of interior photos from the Lyric (http://jj-maccrimmon.livejournal.com/611040.html) in my blog.
Interesting.
The Lyric Theatre has a new website up:
http://www.lyricfineartstheatre.com/
From the 1940s a photo postcard view of downtown Birmingham that captured a view of the Lyric Theater.
Thank you for sharing this beautiful.
Thanks again Don.
From the early 1900s a night time postcard view of Third Avenue along with the Bijou Theater in Birmingham.
The 18th Street facade of the Lyric can be seen in the l976 Bob Rafelson film, “Stay Hungry”. It is the very last shot of the film. It is also the last shot in the trailer, as well. The shot shows a body builder posing on each of the horizonal levels of the fire escapes. The painted Lyric sign (on the upper wall) and some of the marquee and vertical sign are shown. The letter board on the marquee states: AL GOLDSTEIN FELICITY SPLIT IT HAPPENED IN HOLLYWOOD (a rating, I’m assuming, is unreadable to the right of the film title.) According to previous posts, the Lyric showed adult films in the l970’s. It’s a great movie. “Stay Hungry”, that is…
Ladies and Gents, on Sep 28th, 2012, The Lyric Theatre hosted it’s first live performance in over 60 years. The event was a benefit concert by the Chad Fisher Jazz ensemble to raise funds for the continued restoration efforts for the Lyric. To accomplish this feat, volunteers laid down new temporary plywood flooring and lighting. Patrons brought their own chairs. Special dispensation was given by the City of Birmingham, Birmingham Fire Marshal and Code Enforcement to permit this special show. 200 tickets for this performance sold out in a matter of days.
Although the theater area has substantial water damage and decay, the sound quality was nothing less than astonishing. Live jazz spilled across the audience warm and rich as honey. There appeared to be clear sight and sound lines from all parts of the main floor. The band later reported that the sound quality and natural feedback from the venue walls was incredible.
http://savethelyric.com/ https://rally.org/savethelyric
what a beautiful old lady this theatre is..shame so many of her conteparies have already died….