Comments about Gem Theatre in Kansas City, MO

Patsy on January 27, 2012 at 6:14 am

Again, what a lovely theatre and thanks “Driveintheatre” for the addtional flickr photos! This theatre is truly a “gem”!

Driveintheatre2001 on January 26, 2012 at 11:57 pm

Here’s 3 Photos I took of the GEM back in November of 2007.. Enjoy!

Randy A Carlisle – Historical Photographer

jwballer on April 14, 2010 at 2:10 pm

View link

Patsy on October 12, 2009 at 6:55 pm

This theatre has a Vitrolite tile exterior. The work was done by Tim Dunn, Vitrolite specialist located in St. Louis MO.

lostmemory on September 18, 2009 at 3:06 pm

Here is a 1989 photo.

lostmemory on August 1, 2009 at 1:37 pm

This is a recent photo.

lostmemory on May 28, 2009 at 12:51 pm

1985 Photo

1988 Photo

kencmcintyre on April 16, 2009 at 7:21 pm

From the Library of Congress:
http://tinyurl.com/cswesr

lostmemory on September 5, 2008 at 4:09 pm

A 2008 photo can be seen here.

RobbKCity on November 21, 2007 at 10:20 am

Don, that’s a lovely picture.

DonLewis on November 20, 2007 at 6:59 pm

My November 2007 image of the GEM THEATER.

www.flickr.com/photos/lastpictureshow/2051022815

lostmemory on November 2, 2007 at 1:50 pm

This is another 2007 photo of the Gem Theater.

lostmemory on August 17, 2007 at 10:29 am

Here is a 2007 photo of the Gem Theater.

lostmemory on August 6, 2007 at 6:49 pm

This is a close-up view of the Gem Theater.

lostmemory on July 31, 2007 at 7:02 pm

Another photo of the Gem Theater can be seen here.

RobbKCity on December 22, 2006 at 11:48 pm

The Gem Theater was designed by local Kansas City architect George Carman.

lostmemory on November 19, 2006 at 9:14 am

This is a 1997 Kansas City Star article about the re-opening of the Gem Theater.

lostmemory on October 29, 2006 at 5:44 am

This is another recent photo of the Gem theater.

lostmemory on June 14, 2006 at 4:50 am

The Gem theater currently has 500 seats. This website has some background on the Gem theater. A recent photo of the Gem theater can be seen here.

kencmcintyre on May 30, 2006 at 4:16 pm

For the technically minded (which excludes me), here is an article about sound recording at the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/qcnj6

Happyhazard on May 11, 2006 at 4:34 pm

Yet another photo of this lovely theater:
http://haphazardous.net/index.php?showimage=103

lostmemory on April 19, 2006 at 2:31 pm

Here is a night view of the Gem theater.

Chuck1231 on March 28, 2006 at 1:35 pm

View of the vertical and the fornt facade.
http://snipurl.com/obw6

RobbKCity on January 2, 2006 at 11:50 pm

The marquee appears to be art deco. Would one say that the building is Colonial Revival?

lostmemory on October 17, 2005 at 4:36 am

This is a photo of the Gem Theater.

Gem Theatre

1615 East 18th Street, Kansas City, MO 64108

1615 East 18th Street,
Kansas City, MO 64108