Lyric Oxford Theater
1006 Van Buren Avenue,
Oxford,
MS
38655
1006 Van Buren Avenue,
Oxford,
MS
38655
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The Lyric Oxford (Official)
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Functions: Concerts, Live Performances
Previous Names: Lyric Theater
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
662.234.5333
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The Lyric Theater opened in 1913. After closing as a movie theater in the 1960s, the Lyric was used among other things as a dance studio and office space. In the Spring of 2008 the Lyric re-opened as the Lyric Oxford Theater, a live performance venue.
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Boxoffice, June 25, 1955: “The Oxford Eagle recently devoted page one of its second section to a history of the motion picutre industry in this city … In 1914, (Frank L.) Toole bought the lot on which the Lyric theatre now stands and erected a three-story building, with offices on the second and third floors. A 12x14 foot screen was used. R. X. Williams, who still operates the theatre, took over the Lyric in 1917 when he was 17 years old … Tragedy struck the Lyric in 1923, when … (t)he theatre was burned to the ground. Six days after the fire, Williams rented the Opera House and held shows there while rebuilding the Lyric. Construction was started in 1924, and on Jan. 1, 1925, the new Lyric reopened.”