Fenway Theatre

The Fenway Theatre (1915–1972) of Boston, Massachusetts, was a cinema and concert hall in the Back Bay, located at no.136 Massachusetts Avenue at Boylston Street.[1] Architect Thomas W. Lamb designed the building;[2] its interior was "marble and velvet."[3] The auditorium sat 1,600.[4] In the early 1970s Aerosmith used the theatre for rehearsals.[5] In 1972 the Berklee College of Music bought the property; the remodeled Berklee Performance Center opened in 1976 and continues today.[6]

Images

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  Advertisement, 1915
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  Fenway Theatre, Massachusetts Ave., ca.1918
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  Advertisement, 1919
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  Advertisement, 1919
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  Entrance to Berklee Performance Center, Massachusetts Ave., 2011

Events/Screenings

1910s The Misleading Lady, with Edna Mayo and Henry B. Walthall[7] Behind the Screen, with Charlie Chaplin[8] Unprotected, with Blanche Sweet[8] At the Edge of the Aqueduct, with Doris Gray[8] Man of Mystery, with E. H. Sothern[9] The Great Secret, with Francis X. Bushman[9] Fenway Symphony Orchestra concert[9]

1920s Water Water Everywhere, with Will Rogers[10] April Folly, with Marion Davies[10] Ghost in the Garret, with Dorothy Gish[11] The Inner Voice, with Agnes Ayres[11] A Question of Honor, with Anita Stewart[12] The Ruling Passion, with George Arliss[12] Come on Over, with Colleen Moore[13] Josephine Elbery ("the Back Bay nightingale")[13] Yellow Men and Gold, with Helene Chadwick[13] The Yankee Consul[14] Lilac Time[15]

1930s-1950s 1960s-1970s Question 7 T Rex in concert[16] Badfinger in concert[17] [Butterfield Blues Band Reunion December 10-11 or 21-22 1971]

References

1. Donald C. King (2005), The Theatres of Boston: a Stage and Screen History, Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co., ISBN 0-7864-1910-5, OL 3392044M, 0786419105
2. "Theatres." Architecture and Building, v.50, January 1918
3. Massari, Paul. "Down in front." Boston Globe, 09 Nov 2000
4. Boston Redevelopment Authority. (1973), Cultural and performing arts facility development program policy guidelines and recommendations, OL 23292061M
5. Davis, Stephen; Aerosmith (1997). Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-380-97594-5.
6. Berklee Performance Center. History Archived 2012-02-07 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2012-03-07
7. Boston Daily Globe, Jan. 15, 1916
8. Boston Daily Globe, December 02, 1916
9. Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 9, 1917
10. Boston Globe, April 16, 1920
11. Boston Globe, March 12, 1921
12. Boston Globe, May 11, 1922
13. Boston Globe, May 22, 1922
14. Reel Journal, Feb. 16, 1924
15. During a screening of the film Lilac Time in 1929, "the manager ... poured a pint of lilac perfume into the ventilation system." (Avery N. Gilbert. What the nose knows: the science of scent in everyday life. Random House: 2008)
16. Billboard Feb 19, 1972
17. Matovina, Dan (2000). Without You: The Tragic Story of "Badfinger". Frances Glover Books. ISBN 978-0-9657122-2-4.

External links

• Library of Congress. Drawing of Fenway Theatre, Massachusetts Ave. and Boylston St., Boston, Massachusetts, 1926.
• Flickr. Question 7 at the Fenway Theater, Boston, Massachusetts, 1961