Route 66 Movie Theatre
24 S. Main Street,
Webb City,
MO
64870
24 S. Main Street,
Webb City,
MO
64870
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The Route 66 Music Theatre presents family entertainment featuring live music in the renovated Larson Theatre. It is located a block off the old Route 66 on Main Street. It features a new show every week, open year round and an admission ranging from $4. to $8.
The theatre is an art deco style with four columns of neon running down from the roof to the top of the marquee. In the middle of the front facade is a section of glass blocks that has neon behind. The marquee is still in use and has been painted a cherry red with Music Theatre in neon of both sides. The front of the marquee has the U.S. Route 66 sign on it. The free standing box office is surrounded with glass blocks and neon and is still in use.
Here is a photo of the Route 66 Theater.
Photo of the Route 66 Music Theatre prior to its current facelift.
http://www.exithere.net/theaters/c19_music.html
Here is an ad for the Dickinson theater in Webb City. I don'r believe this theater has been listed as of yet:
http://tinyurl.com/29f2qo
Advertised as the Larsen in 1951.
It has an aka name of “The Larson”.
Which may be misspelled. The ad spelled Larsen with an E and and not an O.
You didn’t mention that in your other comment.
The Route 66 theatre marquee doesn’t have the a normal milk glass background. Since it was daylight when I saw the theatre, I wasn’t able to determine if the background is opaque or not. The marquee does list the current movies with normal lettering but whether this is visible at night is questionable.
A bit of history about this theatre here:
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“The theater was originally built as the Shapiro Shoe Store and in about 1952 was converted to the Dickinson Movie Theater. Dixie and Howard Larsen purchased the theater from Mr. Dickenson… Prior to being the Route 66 Movie Theater, the building was the Route 66 Music Theater which featured Branson-style music variety shows. In the 1950’s, the theater was known as the Larsen Theater.”