The Casino Theatre was a live theatre, in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. It was located at 87 Queen Street West across the street from the current site of Nathan Phillips Square .
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18-755: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Casino Theatre (Toronto) The structure was designed by architects Kaplan & Sprachman , who designed 21 other theatres in Toronto, and 48 elsewhere in Canada. The theatre opened in 1936 and demolished in 1960. It seated almost 1,200 patrons. The theatre hosted well-known performers, such as Johnny Rae , Patti Page , Gene Nelson , Pearl Bailey , Phil Silvers , Abbott and Costello , Nat King Cole , Sammy Davis Jr. , Mickey Rooney , Frankie Laine , Sally Rand , Gypsy Rose Lee , Rose La Rose , Cup Cakes Cassidy ,
27-524: The Broadway and the Casino Theatre , another Burlesque theatre just five doors west, pawn shops and the block's other businesses were inconsistent with civic dignity, and the whole block was expropriated and demolished in 1965. Following a two year construction, from fall 1972, the block became the site of the large Four Seasons Sheraton Hotel (since rebranded as Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel). At
36-846: The Crewcuts , the Four Lads , Golden Gate Quartet , Billy Daniels and Rosemary Clooney . The strippers , and baudy comedians who performed at Casino made the Casino particularly subject to commentary and complaints. Doug Taylor , the author of Toronto Theaters and the Golden Age of the Silver Screen wrote that, "Other perhaps than the Victory Theatre on Spadina, there is no entertainment venue that elicited as much praise, raunchy stories, condemnation and press coverage as
45-527: The infamous Casino Theatre." He described one high school principal staking out the theatre in order to catch students who were playing hookey to catch a show at the Casino. Mike Filey , the Toronto Sun ' s historical columnist, noted that the theatre opened at one minute after midnight, April 13, 1936, a Monday, because conservative laws required the closure of venues that catered to pleasure, on Sundays. Filey suggested public complaints about
54-690: The morals of the establishment were routinely ignored, since it was right across the street from City Hall, and many city councilors were regular patrons. Filey wrote that the Casino "offered every type of performance allowed by law, and some that weren't." The three partners who founded the Casino were Jules Allen, and Jay Allen, and Murray Little, who already owned the Broadway Theatre , another Burlesque theatre at 75 Queen Street West. 43°39′07″N 79°23′00″W / 43.65185°N 79.38338°W / 43.65185; -79.38338 Broadway Theatre (Toronto) The Broadway Theatre
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72-604: Was a burlesque live theatre and cinema in Toronto , Ontario , Canada. The theatre was opened under the name of Globe Theatre, in 1918. It was renamed the Roxy Theatre in the early 1930s and assumed its final name, the Broadway Theatre, in 1937. It was located on the southwest corner of Bay and Queen streets at 75 Queen Street West. The Broadway was initially a traditional Burlesque theatre. In 1933, it
81-457: Was renamed the Roxy and offered girlie shows. In 1935, the theatre's manager was murdered in his office. $ 378 appeared to have been stolen, but, according to author and cinema historian Doug Taylor , Toronto Police did not believe robbery was the motive. The shooter was never identified. Taylor wrote that when New City Hall was to be built on the north side of the street, politicians felt that
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