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Pasadena, California
Gilmor Brown founded the Pasadena Community Playhouse in 1917, starting out in a converted burlesque house, and in 1925 moved into the…
Ogden, Utah
Peery's Egyptian Theater opened on July 3, 1924 on Washington Boulevard, built on the site of the Arlington Hotel after a fire and…
Peoria, Illinois
Peoria Players Theatre, the oldest continuously running community theater in Illinois and fourth oldest in the nation, is said to be…
Virginia City, Nevada
Piper's Opera House in Virginia City dates to 1885 and was a leading stage of the Comstock era. Nevada tourism guides list it among the…
Cleveland, Ohio
Playhouse Square in downtown Cleveland is a district of restored 1920s theaters, among them the State, Ohio, Palace (now Connor Palace) and…
Antioch, Illinois
Built in 1914 as the Crystal Theater and known for decades as the PM&L Theatre, this Antioch venue carries a ghost story nearly a century…
Guthrie, Oklahoma
The Pollard Theatre on Harrison Avenue in Guthrie occupies a building put up in 1901 as a furniture store and has been a working…
Ponca City, Oklahoma
The Poncan Theatre, built around 1927, is one of Ponca City's oldest buildings and a restored atmospheric theater. TravelOK lists it among…
Manistee, Michigan
The Ramsdell Theatre in Manistee was built in 1903 by the lumber baron and politician Thomas Jefferson Ramsdell and is where James Earl…
Niagara Falls, New York
The Rapids Theatre opened in 1921 as the Bellevue and is now a concert venue. Ghost Hunters investigated in 2011, hearing reports of…
Joliet, Illinois
Opened in 1926 and known as the "Jewel of Joliet," the Rialto Square Theatre was built as an ornate movie palace and vaudeville venue and…
Hyde Park, Massachusetts
Riverside Theatre Works in Hyde Park occupies the former French's Opera House and presents community and youth productions. Its resident…
Cynthiana, Kentucky
Cynthiana's Rohs Opera House began in 1871 as Aeolian Hall, and the theater was rebuilt as the "new" Rohs in 1941. Co-owner Phillip…
Nashville, Tennessee
The Ryman Auditorium, the Mother Church of Country Music, was built in 1892 as the Union Gospel Tabernacle by the riverboat captain Thomas…
Savannah, Georgia
The Savannah Theatre opened on December 4, 1818, on what is now Chippewa Square, and has operated in some form ever since — making it one…
Atlanta, Georgia
During a 1993 production of Henry IV, Part I at this Elizabethan-style playhouse, the actor playing Falstaff came rushing out of the men's…
Shreveport, Louisiana
The Shreveport Municipal Memorial Auditorium opened in 1929 and is best known as the home of the Louisiana Hayride, the radio show that…
Raton, New Mexico
The Shuler Theater is a 1915 playhouse and city hall in downtown Raton, named for Dr. James Jackson Shuler, the town's first doctor and an…
Austell, Georgia
The Crystal Pistol Music Hall, a 1,000-seat theater built as a replica of Atlanta's 1855 Atheneum Theatre, opened with Six Flags Over…
Middletown, Ohio
The Sorg Opera House in downtown Middletown was built in 1891 by paper magnate Paul J. Sorg, the city's first multi-millionaire, as a gift…
Columbus, Georgia
The Springer Opera House opened February 21, 1871, and over the following decades hosted Edwin Booth, Oscar Wilde, Tom Thumb, Booker T.…
Springfield, Illinois
Built in 1951 at 101 East Lawrence and used until the company relocated to the Hoogland Center for the Arts in 2004, the Springfield…
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
The Stadium Theatre is a 1926 vaudeville house in Woonsocket. Staff believe builder Arthur Darman still walks the aisles, and Ghost Hunters…
Derby, Connecticut
The Sterling Opera House opened in 1889, held a jail beneath its stage, and closed after a 1945 fire-marshal order. It has been sealed to…