5-619: Warwick Musical Theatre was a musical theater located on Route 2 in Warwick, Rhode Island . Buster Bonoff opened the theater in 1955 on an open field. Initially, it hosted touring Broadway shows but, by the 1970s, "big-name" entertainers became its standard offering. In 1967, the original tent was replaced with a 3,300-seat theater in the round that used a building from the 1964 New York World's Fair . It also hosted yearly summer shows by World Wrestling Entertainment until 1999. The theater faced increasing competition from larger venues and
10-671: A pair of Rhode Island artists. Frank Galasso included it in his lithographs Remember When... and Icons of Rhode Island Past and present . Duke Marcoccio made a commemorative ornament as a part of his series of "My Little Town" Rhode Island landmarks. Rhode Island Route 2 Route 2 is a 33.6-mile (54.1 km) state highway in Rhode Island , that runs from U.S. Route 1 in Charlestown to US 1 in Providence . Route 2 starts at US 1 in Charlestown , which
15-679: Is also the southern terminus of Route 112 . Route 2 and Route 112 continue north, and Route 2 splits off to the northeast before intersecting with Route 138 . Continuing in a northeast direction, Route 2 has a short concurrency with Route 102 in North Kingstown . It then turns to the north and parallels Route 4 until reaching Interstate 95 . Route 2 passes the eastern terminus of Route 3 before reaching an interchange with Interstate 295 . It continues through downtown Cranston and has interchanges with Route 37 and Route 10 before reaching its northern terminus at US 1 slightly inside
20-579: The Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun casinos in Connecticut, and it hosted a farewell season in 1999, ending its 54th season with a concert by Vince Gill . Buster and Barbara Bonoff did not live long after the theater closed. Buster died in 2000 and Barbara in 2003. The Warwick Musical Theatre was torn down in June 2002, and a Lowe's now occupies the site. Since its demise, the theater has been honored by
25-585: The city line of Providence . Route 2 is a heavily traveled highway in Cranston and Warwick as it is a major commercial corridor. By 1939, Route 2 was paved with concrete between the split from Route 112 and Route 12 . It had short overlaps with Route 117 and Route 5 , both of which have been eliminated with interchanges . For a brief time during the construction of the Route 10 freeway, Route 2 left Reservoir Avenue in Cranston and turned north onto
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