Middlesex Theater
120 College Street,
Middletown,
CT
06457
120 College Street,
Middletown,
CT
06457
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Here is a photo I took of the Middlesex, or what remains of it, a while back.
A 1984-dated exterior view of the former Middlesex Theatre can be viewed here. (From the Library of Congress).
A Hall theater organ size 2/4 was installed in the Middlesex Theater in 1927.
Here are seven photos from the Library of Congress.
The date given for this photo is March 1977.
This is the website for the Tuscany Grill which is located in this former theater building. Their address is 120 College Street.
Well at least it’s something.
It looked doomed in those
77 &84 pics.It’s neat that they coveted it’s history as a theater within the current lobby.
They advertise live music on their website so should that be another function listed above?
1980 Photo
Listed under Middletown CT in the 1897-98 edition of the Julius Cahn Official Theatrical Guide is “The Middlesex” (Theatre). It was run by the Middlesex Mutual Association. It had 1,076 seats, and ticket prices ranging from 25 cents to $1. There was both gas and electric illumination. The proscenium opening was 36 feet wide X 33 feet high and the stage was 44 feet deep. The theater was on the first floor. There were 7 members of the house orchestra. Newspapers were the Penny Press and the Tribune. Hotels for show folk were the Chafee, McDonough and the Phoenix. There was also a McDonough Theatre in Middletown, with 800 seats. The 1897 population was 18,000.