Gaiety Theatre
215 W. Reno Avenue,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73102
215 W. Reno Avenue,
Oklahoma City,
OK
73102
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The Gaiety Theatre was one of a cluster of theatres located West Reno Avenue. It opened in the early 1900’s and was located on West Reno Avenue at South Robinson. The other theatres that I found in the two block area of Reno was the Isis, Joy and Reno. The Gaiety from what I have found closed sometime in the late 50’s. Any further information on the Gaiety would be appreciated.
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Want to hear peppy samples of classic burlesque bump-n-grind tunes like the ones played inside OKC’s Gaiety? If so, then click on web link below;
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By word of mouth the memory of the old Gaiety Burlesque Theatre still lives on. Many an old timer still talk about how the Gaiety always staged a rollicking good show.
Here is a most amusing site centered around burlesque history
http://www.anatomyofburlesque.com/
Below link has period views of the Gaiety Theatre exterior, lobby, and auditorium. In search field type in words “gaiety agnew”, then hit enter.
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NOTE-a couple of those 1950 interior shots are mistakenly labelled Agnew Theatre. It’s not hard to figure out what shots go with the shabby Gaiety.
Listen on this site to an actual Gypsy Rose Lee strip routine -
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provided on this site -
http://www.unicornmeat.com/
These burlesque tunes are good examples of the type of rythm a small bump & grind orchestra can produce,
http://cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/ronniemagri-03.m3u
http://cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/ronniemagri-04.m3u
http://cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/ronniemagri-05.m3u
http://cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/ronniemagri-10.m3u
http://cdbaby.com/mp3lofi/ronniemagri-14.m3u
courtesy of this fine album -
http://cdbaby.com/found?soundlike=Burlesque+Music
Since the Gaiety was a first class burlesque house the house orchestra often played more sophisticaed music,
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and then there were also snappy burleque tunes like this,
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All from this fun album,
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This site presents good examples of routines performed on the Gaiety stage by burlesque queens.
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Hear this good example of a strip tease tune …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmTYdousWkg
This montage is an updated version of burlesque vintage strip routines …
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIdt0aLl3Bg
Found on this fantastic web site are vintage photos of the old Gaeity Burlesque Theatre.
Looks as if these shots were taken after an interior update, but a trace of the original Japanese design still peeked through.
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/543