Lyric Theatre
103 S. Main Street,
Tulsa,
OK
74103
103 S. Main Street,
Tulsa,
OK
74103
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Below is a (c1960) facade view of the former Lyric Theatre, steel marquee frame was still visible …
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/E0069.jpg
Courtesy of Tulsa Library come these 1899 images of the Lyric…
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/D8103.jpg ~ http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/E0606.jpg
1921 look at the old Lyric.
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/A2447.jpg
This c1960 side view provides an idea of the Lyric layout. Note the newer stage house, added sometime after 1900, that doesn’t match the original design.
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/E1382.jpg
Presented here is a late 1800s drawing of a business that sat a few doors South of the Lyric. Several early 1900s photos show a theatre sign atop this structure, but I have not yet been able to trace what theatre this building was converted to.
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/C0206.jpg
Urban legend says that the Lyric Theatre had one of the very first atmospheric auditoriums. Small but lavish. Due to the fact that the Lyric was converted from opera house to cinema, the projection booth was located on ground floor level, off center. View this rare auditorium shot by typing in word “lyric”,
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In 1897 the Lyric Theatre burned, and was later rebuilt,
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/A3557.jpg
Only the stagehouse remains in this 1970s photo showing demolition of the old Lyric Theatre,
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/G0170.jpg
Here are c1893 photos showing the Lyric Theatre when it was still an upstairs Wild West Opera House. After the show patrons could enjoy a cool treat down in the basement Ice Cream Parlor.
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This is stricly a guess, but it probably wasn’t until after the disastrous fire that the theatre expanded to occupy the entire building interior.
The Lynch Brothers built their store in the late 1800s. It changed hands a time or two and then Bob Stephens bought the building, auctioned off the groceries and put in the Lyric Theatre, one of the first nickelodeon types. The fire if 1897 destroyed the adjoining Bank but not the Lynch store. The Lynch brothers sister and brother-in-law ran the ice cream store.
FYI the 1885 photo of Jack Marris'Famous Variety Show is not in Tulsa, OK.
On a sporadic basis, the Lyric Theatre would present live burlesque shows. These are the type of routines that were staged.
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