Lyceum Theatre
85 S. 11th Street,
Minneapolis,
MN
55403
85 S. 11th Street,
Minneapolis,
MN
55403
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Boxoffice, May 12, 1958: “The Lyceum will end its career as a theatre when it is turned into an evangelistic tabernacle after Ben Berger’s lease expires in August”
Demolition was closer to 1973 or 1974. Orchestra Hall was open with shows in 1975.
Address was 85 S. 11th Street. Confirmed by the Minnesota Historical Society, Hennepin Theatre Trust, WPA Guide to Minnesota and the Hennepin County Library Digital Collection link below.
https://digitalcollections.hclib.org/digital/collection/MplsPhotos/id/14971/
This opened on October 25th, 1924. Grand opening ad in the photo section and
Found on Newspapers.com
The original architect of the Minneapolis Auditorium was Arthur B. Chamberlin of the firm of Bertrand & Chamberlin. I haven’t been able to discover the architect of the 1924 conversion of the house into the Lyceum Theatre, but according to this article in the December 27, 1924, issue of Exhibitors Trade Review, the $500,000 renovation was quite extensive, and involved replacing the old tiered galleries in the auditorium with a modern cantilevered balcony.
I saw The Most Happy Fellow at the Lyceum late 50s. It had a single balcony, the upper reaches far from the stage. It had an elevator to get to the rear section. Reserved seat tickets for this Broadway musical were $1.10 at the back of the balcony. It was a very bare auditorium, rather dark & in need of refurbishing.
Here’s another photo, from 1912. Select page 116 at left: View link
The world premiere of the motion picture “Martin Luther” was held at the Lyceum in 1953: View link
I’m looking for information that would connect S.L Rothapfel to the current Orpheum theatre. Can anyone help? Or I guess any information that would connect him to any of the Hennepin theatre trust buildings.
Theater at left in this 1956 photo:
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