Regent Theater

1627 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Baltimore, MD 21217

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50sSNIPES
50sSNIPES on November 8, 2025 at 6:25 am

Closed on December 12, 1974 with “Amazing Grace” and “Five On The Black Hand Side”.

DavidZornig
DavidZornig on October 28, 2025 at 5:31 pm

Updated full history in link below. Copy & paste to open.

https://www.mdhistory.org/lost-city-the-regent-theater/

Ken Roe
Ken Roe on August 3, 2006 at 11:33 pm

The Regent Theater first opened in 1916 as a 500 seat theatre catering for Negro audiences. The architectural firm was Sparklin & Childs (William O. Sparklin & George S. Childs).

In 1920 the same architects were commisioned to enlarge the theatre, retaining the original entrance facade and it re-opened in January 1921 with an increased seating capacity of 2,250, that included 400 seats in a newly constructed balcony. In 1922 a 2 Manual Robert Morton pipe organ was installed. Remaining a Negro theatre, the stage was well used in the variety shows which accompanied the movies, with artists such as Cab Calloway, Sissle & Blake, Lena Horne & Ethel Waters appearing here.

It closed in December 1974 (with the seating capacity greatly reduced down to 1,474) and was demolished in 1980.