Historical Boston Theatre District Tour

Compiled by Fredric Woodbridge Wilson

Agenda

Bring 2 MBTA tokens or $1.25 exact change for the T and 4 quarters for the bus. Bring a cameras if you like, and an umbrella if the weather looks inclement. A map will be supplied. Dress is casual; wear walking shoes.

Links to Web Page Resources
Wang Theatre, Tremont Street www.wangcenter.org/history-wang.html
Shubert Theatre, Tremont Street www.wangcenter.org/history-shubert.html
Wilbur Theatre, Tremont Street http://www.broadwayinboston.com/html/theatres/wilbur/
Emerson Majestic Theatre, Tremont Street http://www.emerson.edu/majestic/History/history.html
Charles Playhouse, Warrenton Street http://www.broadwayinboston.com/html/theatres/charles/
Colonial Theatr, Boylston Street http://www.broadwayinboston.com/html/theatres/colonial/
Stuart Street Playhouse http://www.stuartstreetplayhouse.com/index.htm
Tavern Club, Park Square
Orpheum Theatre, Hamilton Place
Copley Theatre, Clarendon Street
Boston Playwrights' Theatre, Commonwealth Avenue http://www.bu.edu/bpt/about/index.html
Bijou Theatre http://www.historicboston.org/99cb/adamshouse.htm
Boston Museum
Boston Theatre (Federal Street Theatre)
Footlight Club, Jamaica Plain http://boston.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.footlight.org
Everett Hall Theatre, Hyde Park http://www.historicboston.org/99cb/everetthall.htm
Opera House, Washington Street http://www.historicboston.org/99cb/operahouse.htm
Paramount Theatre, Washington Street http://www.historicboston.org/99cb/paramount.htm
Modern Theater, Washington Street http://www.historicboston.org/99cb/moderntheater.htm
Modern Theater, Washington Street http://www.cityofboston.gov/environment/pdfs/modernstudyreport.pdf
Jordan Hall (New England Conservatory), Huntington Avenue http://www.newenglandconservatory.edu/jordanhall/jordanhistory.html
Lyric Stage Company of Boston, Clarendon Street http://www.lyricstage.com/About_LSC.htm
Boston University Theatre, Huntington Avenue http://www.bu.edu/huntington/about/bu/bhis.htm
Symphony Hall, Hungtington Avenue http://www.handelandhaydn.org/concerts/symphonyhall.htm
Symphony Hall, Hungtington Avenue http://www.bso.org/itemB/detail?id=2400026&area=bso
Symphony Hall, Hungtington Avenue http://www.bso.org/history.jhtml?id=cat20114&area=bso
Essays on Boston Theatre History
Boston Theatre, 1753 to 2003 http://www.emerson.edu/majestic/history/BosTheatres.html
55 Theatres in 1935: Where Did All the Theatres Go? http://www.emerson.edu/majestic/history/55in35.html
A. L. Wilbur and the Shubert Brothers http://www.emerson.edu/majestic/history/Wilbur.html
Theatre Districts of Yesteryear http://www.emerson.edu/majestic/history/ThrDisYester.html
Theatres, Shopping Malls, and Adaptive Reuse http://www.emerson.edu/majestic/history/malls.html
New England's Music Capital http://www.emerson.edu/majestic/history/newland.html
A. L. Wilbur and the Shubert Brothers http://www.emerson.edu/majestic/history/Wilbur.html
Neighborhood Theatres http://www.emerson.edu/majestic/history/neighborhood.html
History of the Boston Museum Theatre http://www.emerson.edu/majestic/history/Bos_Museum_History.html
Vaudeville: A History http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma02/easton/vaudeville/vaudevillemain.html
Harvard Theatre Collection Information http://lib.harvard.edu/archives/0032.html

This document was updated on July 17, 2004.
Contents copyright by F. W. Wilson and the individual authors and compilers. All rights reserved.
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