Bayview Playhouse
605 Bayview Avenue,
Toronto,
ON
M4G
605 Bayview Avenue,
Toronto,
ON
M4G
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The Bayview Theatre opened in 1936 and closed as a movie theatre in 1961.
From 1989 and into the 1990’s, it functioned as the Bayview Playhouse, a venue for live theatre. After that it became a food store.
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Christopher Walczak
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As it turns out, the theatre survived into 1990s as the Bayview Playhouse, according to this website which includes some pictures of the theatre as a venue for live theatre.
http://www.hollywoodcanada.tv/?page=about
The theatre was owned by Nathan Taylor and Famous Players.
The article on the Hollywood Canada website (see above) suggests that the theatre did not become the Bayview Playhouse until they took the building over and renovated it. Actually, it began operating as the Bayview Playhouse not long after its closing as a movie house and several productions were staged there well prior to 1989, including a notable production of “Godspell” around 1973 that starred the then little- known actors Victor Garber, Gilda Radner, Martin Short, Andrea Martin, and Eugene Levy.
1982 photo of the Bayview Playhouse
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