The Park Theatre (est.1879) was a playhouse in Boston , Massachusetts , in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It later became the State cinema. Located on Washington Street , near Boylston Street , the building existed until 1990.
11-1022: (Redirected from Park Theater ) Park Theatre or Park Theater may refer to: Historic theatres Park Theatre (Boston) , Massachusetts (1879-1990) Park Theatre (Brooklyn) , New York (1860-1908) Park Theatre (Manhattan) (the "Old Drury"), New York (1798-1848) Park Theatre, New York City (1911-1923, 1935-1944), built in 1903 as Majestic Theatre (Columbus Circle) Current theatres Park Theatre (Estes Park, Colorado) (built 1913) Park Theatre (Hayward, Wisconsin) (built 1948) Park Theatre (London) (opened 2013) Park Theater, Union City, New Jersey, now Park Performing Arts Center (built 1931) Park Theatre (Vancouver) , British Columbia (built 1940) See also [ edit ] Historic theatres Abbey's Park Theatre , built as New Park Theatre, New York City (1873-1882) New Park Theatre (later Herald Square Theatre ), New York City (1883-1914) Current theatres Central Park Theatre,
22-615: A close friend of Lizzie Borden . In 1885 he married the Australian actress Agnes Booth (née Marion Agnes Land Rookes) (4 October 1841? - 2 January 1910), the widow of Junius Brutus Booth Jr. , (brother of John Wilkes Booth and Edwin Booth , owner of Booth's Theatre ) as her second husband. Together they managed the huge Masconomo hotel in Manchester-by-the-Sea, Massachusetts until her death in 1910. He purchased
33-463: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Park Theatre (Boston) In 1879 Henry E. Abbey , proprietor of Abbey's Park Theatre in New York, opened Boston's Park Theatre. Abbey was one half of the theatrical management firm Abbey and Schoeffel , along with his backer John B. Schoeffel . Schoeffel was assistant manager. It occupied
44-445: The 11-piece orchestra in the 1890s. In the 20th century the building became "Minsky's Park Burlesque," the "Hub," "Trans-Lux," and then "The State" cinema. The building survived until its razing in 1990. 42°21′9.86″N 71°3′45.35″W / 42.3527389°N 71.0625972°W / 42.3527389; -71.0625972 John B. Schoeffel John Baptist Schoeffel (11 May 1846 - d. Boston , 31 August 1918),
55-632: The Park , community theatre in Raleigh, North Carolina Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Park Theatre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Park_Theatre&oldid=1225605573 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Lists of theatres Hidden categories: Short description
66-655: The building of the former Beethoven Hall , "reconstructed and practically rebuilt;" its 1,184-seat auditorium was "60 feet wide, 63 from the state to the doors, and 50 feet high." The architect of the rebuilt theatre was Abel C. Martin . It sat on Washington Street at the corner of Boylston Street in today's Chinatown/Theatre district. In the 1890s it presented "farcical comedy." Managers and proprietors included Henry E. Abbey; Jack A. Crabtree; Lotta Crabtree ; Charles Frohman , Rich & Harris ; Lawrence McCarty; John B. Schoeffel ( Abbey, Schoeffel and Grau ); John Stetson Jr.; and Eugene Tompkins. Louis Baer led
77-575: The name during 1931 of the New Century Theatre , Manhattan Devonshire Park Theatre , Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK Grosvenor Park Open Air Theatre , Chester, UK (founded 2010) Hyde Park Theatre , Austin, Texas Mungo Park (theatre) , Allerød, Denmark North Park Theatre , Buffalo, New York Oak Park Festival Theatre , Illinois Dolby Live , Las Vegas Queens Theatre in the Park , Queens, New York City Regent's Park Open Air Theatre , London (founded 1932) Theatre in
88-487: The property outright at public auction in 1911, which changed hands before its complete destruction by fire in 1919. Schoeffel died at Massachusetts General Hospital , Boston, MA, on 31 August 1918 after a stroke two weeks earlier. He was buried at the Mount Hope Cemetery, Rochester , NY. John Baptist Schoeffel is not to be confused with Lt. John Bernard Schoeffel, 9th Infantry, (1874–1940) who fought at
99-553: Was an American theatre manager and producer, and hotel owner. With Henry E. Abbey he was involved presenting European theatrical stars in the US, including Sarah Bernhardt , Henry Irving and Ellen Terry : and with Maurice Grau he and Abbey managed opera singers as Adelina Patti , Christina Nilsson , Ernestine Schumann-Heink , Francesco Tamagno and Fyodor Chaliapin in their tours of opera houses in Boston, Chicago and New York. He
110-626: Was born in Rochester, New York . He joined the theatre impresario Henry E. Abbey as his business partner in 1876. As a partner in the firm of Abbey, Schoeffel and Grau formed in 1880, he was involved in presenting grand opera during the 'Golden Age of singing' at the New York Metropolitan Opera House ("the old Met") in 1883 and from 1891 to 1903. He was resident manager of the Park Theatre , Boston when it
121-685: Was built in 1879, and manager of the 1889 Tremont Theatre, Boston until his death. Abbey and Schoeffel managed the 10-year-old Josef Hofmann when he toured the US, but he was stopped from playing because of overwork. A letter from Schoeffel from the Tremont Theatre dates from this period. Hofmann's agent in London was Narciso Vert, whose business became the well-known firm of Ibbs and Tillett . He produced some plays at Daly's Theatre on Broadway in 1904 after Grau retired. One of these, Henrik Ibsen 's Hedda Gabler , starred Nance O'Neill ,
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