Strand Theater
77 East Main Street,
Waterbury,
CT
06702
77 East Main Street,
Waterbury,
CT
06702
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Previously operated by: Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.
Previous Names: Fox's Theater
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The Strand Theater opened in 1913. It was soon known as Fox’s Theater, but just for one year. Became the Strand Theater again in 1915. In 1925 it was equipped with a 3 manual Hall organ. By 1941 it was operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp. Demolished in 1951 for the F.W. Woolworth and W.T. Grant stores.
Justine Johnston, who went on to fame on Broadway with the Ziegfeld Follies, performed at the Strand Theater. The theater was located on what is now the site of the new UConn-Waterbury Campus courtyard.
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Listed in the Film Daily Yearbook; 1950 edition as having a seating capacity of 1,409.
The Waterbury Connecticut Theaters History site that lostmemory is referring to is at http://freewebs.com/waterburyct/theaters.htm It’s one page of a site that gives an online tour of Waterbury in vintage images from the late 1800s to the 1950s. The tour starts on the home page at http://freewebs.com/waterburyct/
A picture of this theater is in Images of America: Waterbury on page 51.