St. Charles Theatre
426 St. Charles Avenue,
New Orleans,
LA
70130
426 St. Charles Avenue,
New Orleans,
LA
70130
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Here is a picture of the St. Charles Theater.
That photo of a ticket, shown above, picturing President Washington, is not a ticket to this theater. That 1889 event was at the second St. Charles Theater which was located on this theater’s site but which burned down in 1899.
This St. Charles Theatre was erected in 1902, was almost immediately renamed the Orpheum and then became the St. Charles again when Saenger chain took it over and the existing Orpheum on University Place opened. As noted above, this theater was demolished in 1965. It was located next door to the Liberty Theater, and a small portion the left edge of the St. Charles can be seen at the extreme right edge of this photo of the Liberty.
Hello Friends, I would like to understand about the St. Charles/Orpheum/Saenger. I live in Paris. I took a photo a few years ago of the actual Orpheum, which stands in a street near Canal St. on the left looking towards the Lake, near Rampart. I also took photos of the Saenger big theater at Canal and Rampart (last April they were renovating it). I also have a 1915 postcard with the sign Orpheum on Canal St. I can send this postcard.
Where was the original situation of the theater? Which one was razed?
And is the one still standing (in full activity) the one where the Pilharmonic rehearsed?
I thank you for your reply. Cordially, Dan Vernhettes, Paris, France.
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Here is an undated view of the interior.
The Philharmonic also used the St. Charles Theater as its rehearsal hall up until the time of its razing. As a boy of 11 in 1964, I sang with the philharmonic and remember rehearsing in the run- down musty theater.
The last incarnation of the St. Charles Theatre seated 1700 according to the 1945 Film Daily Yearbook.
The theatre Mr. Coursey is referring to is the second (or New) Orpheum Theatre which opened in 1924 (see the entry on this site for this theatre)
Although I haven’t visited New Orleans in over 5 years, the St Charles or the Orpheum as it was known as in 1996 was still standing and served as the home of the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra.