Center Theatre
690 Washington Street,
Boston,
MA
02111
690 Washington Street,
Boston,
MA
02111
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A former grand theater, the Center Theatre is now a shopping mall on the totally altered ground floor.
Upstairs, however, in the former balcony area, with a new floor extended through the proscenium arch, most of the decor survives and provides a rather more lavish Chinese restaurant than most other diners!
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Is the food good enough to go in and see the auditorium?
The cuisine there is typical of any large Asian restaurant. And it’s not that expensive.
I’ll pop in next time I’m in town, camera in hand, thanks.
This photo of the Globe as a burlesque house is dated “circa 1955”:
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High winds yesterday in Boston blew an ancient black iron shutter off of the rear stage wall of the former Center Theater yesterday, injuring a passerby down below on Knapp Street.
Tinseltoes' photo of the old Globe in burlesque days is a good one! However, the date of it should be “circa-1945” not “1955”. By 1955 its burlesque days were over and it had been renamed the Center Theater and was under management of E.M. Loew.
In a 1918 Boston street directory this theatre, as “Loew’s Globe Theatre” is listed at 692 Washington Street.
This theatre is currently mapped on the wrong Washington Street (Brighton, instead of downtown Boston), miles away from where it belongs.
This theater had the distinction of being operated by both of the Loew theater circuits. As the Globe in the 1920s it was operated by Marcus Loew of NY. After WW II it became the flagship of the E.M. Loew circuit and the name was changed to Center Theatre.
I don’t remember seeing movies there even though I was told I did go with my family however, I have been the the resturant there and the house style rice is very good.