Royal Theatre
277 Brightman Street,
Fall River,
MA
277 Brightman Street,
Fall River,
MA
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Nice 1941 photo.
They must have found another location to perform at.
There aren’t any references to this address on the Youth Musical Theater website:
http://www.ymtc.org/
Anyone know what happened to the plans to renovate this? I can’t find anything on it since February of 2005.
This 1941 photo of the marquee and front of the Royal, though from a photocopy of very poor quality, gives an idea of what the place looked like. It is from the M.G.M. Theatre Photograph and Report. The condition was described as good, the type of patronage was stated as “mill and low income.” The seating at the time was 600 with 550 on the main floor and 50 in the balcony. The Royal had been playing M.G.M. product for three years. A competing theatre was given as the Strand.
In a 1990 Fall River Herald article on the city’s theatres, John McAvoy wrote, “The Royal Theatre (capacity 500) was located on the south side of Brightman Street near the railway tracks. I was only in the Royal once, but I remember when a train passed by you could feel the vibrations in the theatre.”
An impressive collection of rare photos of historic Fall River theatres can be seen by clicking here.
Here are two recent photos I took of the Royal. ONE TWO
I believe that the name is Royal without the “E”. This theater was hit by a car in Feb. 2005 so it will need additional work. Here is the story:
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The article that you linked to says Royale, not Royal. Which is correct?
See article at View link . Status should be changed to restoring.
The building is being
restored as a theater again!Hopefully,it will be the new home of the Youth Musical Theater.This group has already been using the space for rehearsals,and hope to have a performance there in September.