Lyceum Theatre

75 Public Square,
Cleveland, OH 44113

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Previous Names: Park Theatre

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Lyceum Theatre

Opened as the Park Theatre in 1883 but becomes the Lyceum Theatre in 1889.

Contributed by John Ivancic

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on January 19, 2013 at 1:55 am

According to the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, the Lyceum Theatre was demolished in 1913. The Lyceum is listed in the 1910-1911 Cahn guide as having 1,131 seats. So far I’ve been unable to find anything indicating that the house ever showed movies.

Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on August 30, 2018 at 11:20 pm

This page about the Lyceum from the Encyclopedia of Cleveland History doesn’t mention movies at the house. However, Alan F. Dutka’s Historic Movie Theaters of Downtown Cleveland does include the Lyceum, saying that it had a Biograph projector installed in late 1886, and in 1897 it was the Cleveland house that presented the movies of the Fitzsimmons-Corbett boxing match which attracted so much attention to film as a medium for displaying current events. But the Lyceum operated almost entirely as a live theater venue throughout its history.

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