Tremont Theatre, Boston (1889)
Tremont Theatre, Boston, ca.1910s
The Tremont Theatre (est.1889) was a playhouse in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry E. Abbey and John B. Schoeffel[1] established the enterprise[2] and oversaw construction of its building[3] at no.176 Tremont Street in the Boston Theater District area.[4] Managers included Abbey, Schoeffel, Maurice Grau,[5][6] Klaw & Erlanger,[7] Thos. B. Lothan and Albert M. Sheehan.[8]
A traveller's guidebook described the space in 1899: "The auditorium is 75 feet high of the same width and 80 feet deep. It is fashioned on the plan of a mammoth shell. ... The ten oddly fashioned private boxes on either side of the proscenium give a novel effect to the interior. The decoration of the main ceiling is modernized Renaissance treated in Gobelin tapestry effect and the coloring of the walls is in harmonizing shades. The stage is 73 by 45 feet, with a height of 69 feet to the rigging loft. The house has 2,000 seats."[9]
"In 1947 the Tremont became a movie theater named the Astor and briefly, before its demise, a juice bar."[10] "After a fire in 1983, the building was demolished."[11] "Loew’s Boston Common Theater multiplex now occupies the site."[10]
Performances
1880s-1890s
1900s
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1910s
1920s
1930s-1940s
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Images
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Advertisement for "the cool Tremont," 1902
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Tremont Street, 1903, across from Boston Common. (Tremont Theatre 6th building from right)
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Portrait of John B. Schoeffel, one of the proprietors
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Performance of "The Stolen Story" at the Tremont Theatre, ca.1906
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Programme from "The Student King," 1906
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Detail of 1911 map of Boston, showing Tremont Theatre
References
- ↑ John B. Schoeffel (1846-1918); married to actress Agnes Booth. "John B. Schoeffel Dies in Boston at 72; veteran manager once directed Metropolitan Opera House with H.E. Abbey and Maurice Grau." New York Times, September 1, 1918
- ↑ "Abbey, Henry Eugene". Lamb's biographical dictionary of the United States. Boston: James H. Lamb Company. 1900.
- ↑ Atherton Brownell. Boston Theatres of To-Day. The Bostonian, v.2, no.6, 1896
- ↑ Boston Almanac, 1891, 1894; Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918, 1921
- ↑ Boston Globe, January 22, 1893
- ↑ "Death of Maurice Grau". The Theatre 7 (75). May 1907.
- ↑ New York Times, May 14, 1914
- ↑ New York Public Library. Programme: Tremont Theatre - Monday, May 1 - David Belasco presents "The Gold Diggers." (April 24, 1922)
- ↑ Rand, McNally & Co.'s handy guide to Boston and environs ..., Chicago: Rand, McNally & Co., 1899, OCLC 33412586
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Boston Athenaeum. "Theatre History: Tremont Theatre (1889-1949), 176 Tremont Street". Retrieved 2012-02-05.
- ↑ Historic New England. Tremont Theatre, Boston, Mass. postcard, ca.1907. Postmarked: August 5, 1911.
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, October 20, 1889
- ↑ New York Times, March 10, 1891
- ↑ Boston Globe, Aug. 21, 1892
- ↑ Music (magazine), v.3, Jan. 1893
- ↑ Boston Globe, January 22, 1893
- ↑ Boston Globe, January 22, 1893
- ↑ Boston Evening Transcript, March 12, 1896
- ↑ Boston Globe, March 26, 1897
- ↑ Boston Evening Transcript, Dec. 17, 1897
- ↑ Boston Evening Transcript, Dec. 17, 1897
- ↑ Boston Globe, April 8, 1898
- ↑ Boston Globe, April 8, 1898
- ↑ Boston Evening Transcript, May 14, 1898
- ↑ Boston Evening Transcript, May 14, 1898
- ↑ Boston Globe, Sept. 19, 1902
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, January 5, 1903
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, January 5, 1903
- ↑ Boston Evening Transcript, Dec. 31, 1903
- ↑ Boston Evening Transcript, Dec. 31, 1903
- ↑ Boston Daily Globe, March 28, 1905
- ↑ The Theatre (magazine), July 1906
- ↑ Boston Evening Transcript - Oct 25, 1906
- ↑ Boston Evening Transcript, April 17, 1908
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 35.3 35.4 35.5 35.6 35.7 Brandeis University Libraries (1987). "A checklist of theatre programs housed in the Special Collections Department". Waltham, Mass.
- ↑ Boston Globe, January 5, 1915
- ↑ Boston Evening Transcript - Jun 3, 1915
- ↑ Paul Polgar (2008). "Fighting Lightning with Fire: Black Boston's Battle against "The Birth of a Nation."". Massachusetts Historical Review 10.
- ↑ Boston Globe, May 22, 1917
- ↑ Boston Globe, Feb. 10, 1920
- ↑ New York Public Library. Programme: Tremont Theatre - Monday, May 1 - David Belasco presents "The Gold Diggers." (April 24, 1922)
- ↑ This Week in Boston, Sept. 5, 1920
- ↑ Boston Globe, Dec. 12, 1922
External links
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- Bostonian Society.
- Photo of Tremont Street parade, ca. 1939-1941, with glimpse of the Tremont theatre sign
- Horse-drawn fire equipment on parade, corner of Boylston Street and Tremont Street, ca. 1939-1941, with glimpse of the Tremont theatre sign
- Historic New England
- Postcard for Potash & Perlmutter, Tremont Theatre, Boston, Mass., undated
- Tremont Theatre, Boston, Mass. postcard, ca.1907. Postmarked: August 5, 1911.
- Boston Athenaeum. Tremont Theatre programs, 1890-1903
Coordinates: 42°21′11.29″N 71°3′51.6″W / 42.3531361°N 71.064333°W
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