Columbia_Theatre_(Boston)

Columbia Theatre (Boston)

Columbia Theatre (Boston)

Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, US

The Columbia Theatre (1891 – c. 1957) or Loew's New Columbia Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, was a playhouse and cinema located in the South End at No. 978 Washington Street.[1][2] Charles Frohman, Isaac Baker Rich and William Harris ("Rich & Harris and Charles Frohman") oversaw the theatre until 1895.[3][4][5][6] Owners included J.J. Grace of New York and Loews.[7] Staff included Harry Farren,[8] Saul Hamilburg and Philip Shea.[9] The Columbia existed until its demolition in 1957.[10][11]

Columbia Theatre, Washington Street, Boston, 1892

Performances

Notable people

Images

  • Advertisement for "His Wedding Day," 1893
  • Interior, 1896
  • Detail of 1896 map of Boston, showing location of Columbia Theatre
  • Advertisement for Evans & Hopper, 1903
  • Seating plan, 1904

References

  1. [1]
    Boston Almanac, 1893–1894. "Loew's New Columbia Theatre," Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918
  2. [2]
    Appleton's general guide to the United States and Canada, New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1893, OCLC 11144549, OL 24928392M
  3. [3]
    Boston Globe, February 6, 1893
  4. [4]
    Isaac Baker Rich (b. 1827). Men of progress: one thousand biographical sketches and portraits of leaders in business and professional life in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Boston: New England Magazine, 1896, OL 7183032M
  5. [5]
    Marcosson, Isaac Frederick; Frohman, Daniel (1916), Charles Frohman: Manager and Man, New York: Harper & Brothers, OCLC 1548290, OL 23285781M
  6. [6]
    "On July 1 it will pass from the hands of Rich & Harris into the hands of R.M. Gulick & Co. and Davis & Keogh." ("Boston's Columbia Theatre: Rich and Harris and Charles Frohman finally dispose of the lease." New York Times, May 24, 1895)
  7. [7]
    New York Times, May 24, 1895
  8. [8]
    The Billboard, December 7, 1907
  9. [9]
    "Columbia Theatre in new hands." Boston Evening Transcript – December 30, 1899
  10. [10]
    Cinematreasures.org. Columbia Theatre, 978-986 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02445
  11. [11]
    Boston Athenaeum. "Theater History". Archived from the original on April 14, 2021. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  12. [12]
    Boston Globe, February 6, 1893
  13. [13]
    Boston Globe, February 26, 1893
  14. [14]
    Boston Globe, March 5, 1893
  15. [15]
    Boston Daily Globe, January 3, 1894
  16. [16]
    Boston Daily Globe, April 22, 1894
  17. [17]
    Boston Evening Transcript, October 22, 1894
  18. [18]
    Boston Evening Transcript – May 24, 1900
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