Colonial Theatre
Bleeker Street and Charlotte Street,
Utica,
NY
13502
Bleeker Street and Charlotte Street,
Utica,
NY
13502
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The Sam S. Shubert Theatre was built on the site of the 1862 Utica Arsenal, which was demolished to build the theatre. The Shubert Theatre opened on December 16, 1906. In 1908, the Sam S. Shubert Theatre was presenting Keith Vaudeville.
It was later converted into a movie theatre and renamed Colonial Theatre. It was operating until around 1943. The Colonial Theatre was demolished in 1945.
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Ken Roe
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An ad in the January 2, 1943, issue of The Billboard lists the Colonial Theatre in Utica as part of the I. Hirst circuit, a chain of 15 burlesque houses. I’ve found a reference to the house operating as the Colonial Theatre as early as 1927, but as the Shubert Theatre it was showing movies at least as early as 1916. I also found an undated reference to the Shubert Theatre being operated for a time by the Wilmer & Vincent vaudeville circuit. Both the Shubert brothers and Wilmer & Vincent began their careers as theater operators in Utica.