Ritz Theater

345 13th Avenue NE,
Minneapolis, MN 55413

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Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 2, 2010 at 8:27 pm

2006 Photo of the Ritz Theatre.
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Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on April 2, 2010 at 8:25 pm

1992 photo of the Ritz Theatre.
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2008 photo of the Ritz Theatre.
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lostmemory
lostmemory on September 8, 2007 at 2:33 am

A Kilgen theater organ opus 3704 size 2/3 style U01 was installed in the Ritz Theater in 1926.

ryan0290
ryan0290 on December 4, 2006 at 3:15 am

It’s hard to link to the historical society. The links always end up broken about 3 months later. They must reshuffle and sort media constantly or something. Thanks Ken.

KenRoe
KenRoe on May 15, 2006 at 3:57 pm

The Ritz Theatre opened in 1928 and operated into the 1980’s. A seating capacity of 742 is given in the 1952 edition of Film Daily Yearbook.

Now newly renovated as a live performance theatre, the Ritz re-opened on 12th May 2006 with a seating capacity of 245.

zooklaw
zooklaw on May 9, 2006 at 8:36 pm

The Ballet of the Dolls will be performing at the restored Ritz Theatre, beginning May 2006.

lostmemory
lostmemory on March 25, 2006 at 8:35 pm

This is a B/W photo of the Ritz theater in Minneapolis.

lostmemory
lostmemory on December 15, 2005 at 2:45 pm

This is a 2005 photo of the former Ritz Theater.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on September 15, 2004 at 8:57 pm

Still need to correct the addres for the Ritz Theatre, is really is 345 13th Avenue NE, Minneapolis, Mn.

ryan0290
ryan0290 on March 9, 2004 at 11:44 pm

The older links (like those above) were on the old MN Historical Society site which did not allow you to link to a search page. (I thought I had put up new ones since then, where did they go?)

The address listed is not the theater but warehouse space that the dance company renovating the theater occupies. The address should be 345 13th Avenue NE.

Also, the theater was designed by the firm of Liebenberg and Kaplan.

New links:
1952 cooking class
“Take the High Ground”
1981 view -this is how the theater appears now.

The current plans or the building are here.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on March 7, 2004 at 5:31 pm

Sean a lot of your links or incomplete or lacking something. They also need to update the address that you have given for the Ritz theatre.

ryan0290
ryan0290 on November 17, 2003 at 8:27 pm

Here is a picture showing the theater in 1952-

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1953-

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This picture shows the theater as it looks today. Very little has been done to alter the facade other than the infill of upperfloor corner to add office space.

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The address of the theater is 345 13th Avenue NE.