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Central Theatre

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Broadway Closed 1918–1927 on this page11 productionsLandmark

The Central Theater was built in Ely, Nevada from 1939 to 1941. The Art Deco style cinema was built by Percy and Warren Hull after they were denied permission to expand Ely's Capital Theater, which opened in 1916. Originally it was built as a 725-seat theater. The Central is unusual in a town where most of the structures were built in the boom times of the early 20th century. The one story building features a vertical CENTRAL neon sign over the marquee. The interior features curved surfaces and is in a good state of preservation. Construction began in 1939, with an ultimate cost of $80,000. The Central held its grand opening on March 29, 1941, with Arizona as its opening show. The Central wa…

By decade11 productions across 2 decades

  1. 1910s 3
  2. 1920s 8

Counted from the productions we hold, which are Broadway and a partial West End. A quiet decade here can mean a dark theatre and can mean a gap in the record.

Longest runs hereby performances

1918 Forever After September 9, 1918 312 perf.
1918 Somebody's Sweetheart December 23, 1918 224 perf.
1920 Afgar November 8, 1920 · Frank Collins 168 perf.
1920 As You Were January 27, 1920 143 perf.
1920 Poor Little Ritz Girl July 28, 1920 · Lew Fields 119 perf.
1924 The Melody Man May 13, 1924 80 perf.
1919 The Little Blue Devil November 3, 1919 · Oscar Eagle 74 perf.
1920 Always You January 5, 1920 · Oscar Eagle 66 perf.

Everything that played here11 productions

1918 Forever After September 9, 1918 · Original · no show page 312 perf.
1918 Somebody's Sweetheart December 23, 1918 · Original · no show page 224 perf.
1919 The Little Blue Devil November 3, 1919 · Original · no show page 74 perf.
1920 Afgar November 8, 1920 · Original · no show page 168 perf.
1920 Always You January 5, 1920 · Original 66 perf.
1920 As You Were January 27, 1920 · Original · no show page 143 perf.
1920 Poor Little Ritz Girl July 28, 1920 · Original 119 perf.
1921 Princess Virtue May 4, 1921 · Original · no show page 13 perf.
1924 The Melody Man May 13, 1924 · Original · no show page 80 perf.
1925 Solid Ivory November 16, 1925 · Original · no show page 32 perf.
1927 That French Lady March 15, 1927 · Original · no show page 47 perf.

In the literature1 passages

  • Bagels and Yox was the first show to play at the refurbished Holiday Theatre, which originally opened in 1918 as the Central Theatre. Two years into its life the theatre made Broadway history: in January 1920, the musical Always You marked the Broadway debut of Oscar Hammerstein II as a lyricist and book writer, and the following July the…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt

What this page does not know

  • What played here before Broadway record-keeping starts, and what played here outside it — concerts, benefits, film runs, anything that was not a listed production.
  • When 4 of these runs ended. They carry an opening date and no closing date, and they are old enough that they certainly closed — nobody wrote down the date.
  • Who built it.

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