Astor Theatre
730-42 Penn Street,
Reading,
PA
19602
730-42 Penn Street,
Reading,
PA
19602
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Don’t think so. This has all their shows as far as I know.
http://www.dead.net/shows/
Maybe September 20, 1976, but the information is scant.
http://tinyurl.com/3p2caup
Hey I was hoping you could tell me what Year the Greatful Dead played the the Astor I think 1968 and how could I find any photo’s of the Band….not sure if the played as The Warlock’s or the Greatful Dead any info would be nice..would love to know the setlist and how many shows Jerry or the band played. Reading PA
two glass doors from the Astor are for sale on Reading craigslist
Hi JimmiB since you worked at the Astor I am looking for someone to verify something in a photo that I have. If you can contact me through email or call me 484 769 8766 I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks Jim
Here’s a picture I just came across in my files. The Astor in it’s glory.
After it was taken over by William Goldman it recieved the rounded marquee.
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The street name in the header needs to be changed from Pennsylvania Street to Penn Street.
Thanks. I always remember the magnificent Radio City Music Hall back in the 1950s and early ‘60s. What a glorious theatre.
I was a youngster, and I was mortified that my parents would pack sandwiches and would eat them in the lobby when we visited NYC and the Music Hall.
I recall folks could smoke while watching the film, too. I guess that was true in many if not most theatres.
Thats a great story Steerforth, Red Skelton was one of my favorites.Welcome to Cinema Treaures.
I managed to narrow the time-frame down. Red Skelton was in Reading in early 1978 to support the restortion.
It’s a shame, because it was a beautiful theatre in its day.
Many years later (2008) – and purely by chance – I met Red’s widow in Riverside, California, where he had lived.
Sad photos of the Astor.
Didn’t Red Skelton visit Reading in the early 1980s to support the restoration of the Astor Theatre?
Reason I ask is that I ran into him at 5th and Penn Streets in front of Whitners on one cold February morning in the early 1980s (I think it was).
He was a very gracious gentleman -almost “shy”. He gave me his autograph, and that was that.
Any recollections?
I found the grand opening ad on October 3rd, 1928
ad is on this page at
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JimmiB is there a way I can contact you with a question about the Astor? If so my email is
Fair enough.
I agree that we don’t agree. We can table it for now, but I’m sure that PAB would give us their take on this subject if necessary.
I don’t think we’re going to agree on this, so let’s table this for the time being. The discussion was predicated on the incorrect assertion about the Glazer book, so let’s leave it at that.
We are not isolating the thumbnails. We are linking to the page on PAB that contains the thumbnails just as we do with other sites.
They probably don’t want the thumbnails posted either, if you use that reasoning. I imagine if they object to dissemination of their photos on the internet, whether its a small image or a larger one is probably irrelevant.
From what I understand, only a member can view the full size images. The keyword is “view”. I don’t believe that you are allowed to capture and distribute those full size images without permission. If they wanted the full size images given to non members, they wouldn’t use thumbnail photos that can’t be expanded for the general public. Maybe later you can post the link to the full size image on the PAB website.
I can’t load that site on the BB. I think it was the last image. I have seen the Glazer book advertised on Amazon, but I never got around to buying it.
Here is a link to the page on the PAB website with the Astor images. I don’t see that exact image on that page. Only thumbnails are available and not full size images. Maybe you could post a link to it.
No, it’s not from the Irvin Glazer book. The sketch is found on the Philadelphia Architects and Buildings site, numerous photos of which have already been posted by various contributors.
Here is a pre-opening sketch from the Irvin Glazer Theater collection:
http://tinyurl.com/lztuxb
This is another 1985 photo.