I just extracted the Capitol Theatre information.
PS If you do a web search for Capitol Theatre (or Theater) concert list Passaic NJ, you will come up with a lot of links from various fan groups. (Bruce Springsteen comes to mind as well as The Dead who played here multiple times)
I found this information on the running of Rocky Horror in 1993-1994:
Harwan – Mt. Ephraim, NJ
Saturday, midnight, $5.00
Comments: One of the oldest casts in the country (15 years old), and
the only cast in South Jersey and surrounding Philadelphia area. The
Transducer Players are pictured on pages 120-121 of Sal’s 15th
anniversary book, as well as pictured on the back cover with the
eastside cinema cast. (That was just after they lost the 8th street
playhouse in the village.) Shows EVERY saturday night at midnight,
admition is still only $5.00. The theater itself is a single screen,
600 seat vaudville theater complete with stage. An average show is
150-250 people. Virgin of the week every week. Theme nights and
prizes all the time. Origonal pre-shows. Professional cast. Highest
recomendations. Phone: 609-931-8869
For more info on the Transducer Players, or to subscribe to our weekly
newsletter, (Non-profit. Just pay the postage. A stamp a week.) mail
to:
The Transducer Players
110 Warren Avenue
Voorhees, NJ 08043-1235
PS – No, I’m not a fan of this movie, I’m just trying to help others with this post.
Allmann Brothers Band – 4/20/79; 12/16/81
Bobby & The Midnights – 2/5/82
Dave Edmunds – 5/15/82
Grateful Dead – 6/19/76
Heart – 1/26/79
Hot Tuna – 5/11/74; 10/4/74; 11/20/76; 4/22/77; 11/18/77; 10/8/83; 12/28/83; 5/2/86; 10/31/86; 12/17/87
Jorma Kaukonen – 5/20/78; 11/18/78; 3/7/81; 3/27/82; 1/25/85
John Bluespeakers Mayall – 6/18/82
Mountain – 4/20/74
Old and In the Way – 6/6/73
Bonnie Raitt – 10/26/74
Rolling Stones – 7/14/78
Edgar Winter – 12/16/81 (theater’s 10th Anniversay party)
Johnny Winter – 11/14/86
Frank Zappa – 5/9/73; 10/13/78
ZZ Top – 5/3/80
“The SITE OF SHEPARD KOLLOCK’S PRINTING OFFICE, 39 Broad St., is now occupied by the Regent Theater Building. It was here that Shepard Kollock, an ink-stained Revolutionist, lived and printed one of New Jersey’s first newspapers, the New Jersey journal, still being published as the Elizabeth Daily Journal.
Kollock was born in Delaware in 1751 and learned the printing business in the office of his uncle, William Goddard, editor of the Pennsylvania Chronicle. He resigned from the Continental Army for the more vital task of combating the Tory press of New York City. Kollock printed his first issues in 1779 in Chatham, N. J. In 1785 he moved to Elizabeth and built a combined home, printing office, and bookstore. When he died in 1839 he was buried across the street in the Presbyterian cemetery.”
Was this theater ever used as retail space?
Basile Baumann Prost & Associates, Inc. (BBP Associates) is an economics and real estate development advisory firm. This is a clip from their list of projects on their website:
“Hartford, CT— Conversion of the old Lyric Theater into office and retail uses."
Maybe they “advised” someone and it didn’t happen.
Basile Baumann Prost & Associates, Inc. (BBP Associates) lists this theater renovation as one of their projects. They are a real estate development advisory firm.
May have been built prior to 1923 (unless it was built specificall for lease):
“Then in 1923, Mr. Fabian leased H. B. Kitay’s Rivoli”
excerpt from http://www.lambertcastle.org/motionpictures.html
http://www.tunabase.com/tapelist.html
I just extracted the Capitol Theatre information.
PS If you do a web search for Capitol Theatre (or Theater) concert list Passaic NJ, you will come up with a lot of links from various fan groups. (Bruce Springsteen comes to mind as well as The Dead who played here multiple times)
As of 1925, was operated by Joseph Stern.
As of 1925, was operated by Joseph Stern.
As of 1925, was operated by Joseph Stern.
As of 1925 was operated by Joseph Stern.
FeverDog:
I found this information on the running of Rocky Horror in 1993-1994:
Harwan – Mt. Ephraim, NJ
Saturday, midnight, $5.00
Comments: One of the oldest casts in the country (15 years old), and
the only cast in South Jersey and surrounding Philadelphia area. The
Transducer Players are pictured on pages 120-121 of Sal’s 15th
anniversary book, as well as pictured on the back cover with the
eastside cinema cast. (That was just after they lost the 8th street
playhouse in the village.) Shows EVERY saturday night at midnight,
admition is still only $5.00. The theater itself is a single screen,
600 seat vaudville theater complete with stage. An average show is
150-250 people. Virgin of the week every week. Theme nights and
prizes all the time. Origonal pre-shows. Professional cast. Highest
recomendations. Phone: 609-931-8869
For more info on the Transducer Players, or to subscribe to our weekly
newsletter, (Non-profit. Just pay the postage. A stamp a week.) mail
to:
The Transducer Players
110 Warren Avenue
Voorhees, NJ 08043-1235
PS – No, I’m not a fan of this movie, I’m just trying to help others with this post.
Was showing the Rocky Horror picture show on Fri & Sat nights in 1993-1994.
Great post lostmemory. Thanks for proving the myth about NJ! :)
Here is a partial concert listing that I found:
Allmann Brothers Band – 4/20/79; 12/16/81
Bobby & The Midnights – 2/5/82
Dave Edmunds – 5/15/82
Grateful Dead – 6/19/76
Heart – 1/26/79
Hot Tuna – 5/11/74; 10/4/74; 11/20/76; 4/22/77; 11/18/77; 10/8/83; 12/28/83; 5/2/86; 10/31/86; 12/17/87
Jorma Kaukonen – 5/20/78; 11/18/78; 3/7/81; 3/27/82; 1/25/85
John Bluespeakers Mayall – 6/18/82
Mountain – 4/20/74
Old and In the Way – 6/6/73
Bonnie Raitt – 10/26/74
Rolling Stones – 7/14/78
Edgar Winter – 12/16/81 (theater’s 10th Anniversay party)
Johnny Winter – 11/14/86
Frank Zappa – 5/9/73; 10/13/78
ZZ Top – 5/3/80
Must have been used for concerts. Hot Tuna performed here on 4/26/92.
Regarding this theater’s timeline as a concert venue, Hot Tuna performed there on 3/14/90.
Regarding this theater’s timeline as a concert venue, Hot Tuna performed there on 1/18/86.
Regarding this theater’s timeline as a concert venue, Hot Tuna performed here on 11/9/77.
Must have been used for concerts in the 1970s (after closing as a movie theater?). Hot Tuna performed here on 11/19/76.
Concerning the timeline of this theater as a concert venue, Hot Tuna performed here on 4/23/75.
Concerning this theater’s timeline as a concert venue, The Grateful Dead performed here on 12/1/79.
Concerning the timeline of this theater as a concert venue, The Grateful Dead performed here on 7/26/72.
Regarding this theater’s timeline, I have a performance list that states David Bromberg (singer) performed here on 3/13/83.
Must have been used for concerts during the 1980s.
I have a list showing Bobby “Blue” Bland played there on 3/15/85.
A FLOCK OF SEAGULLS, performed here on 6-2-83. This date supports the timeline listed by bob marx above.
Photos & history at this link:
http://www.hydepark.org/historicpres/theater.htm
This building is also located on a historic site:
“The SITE OF SHEPARD KOLLOCK’S PRINTING OFFICE, 39 Broad St., is now occupied by the Regent Theater Building. It was here that Shepard Kollock, an ink-stained Revolutionist, lived and printed one of New Jersey’s first newspapers, the New Jersey journal, still being published as the Elizabeth Daily Journal.
Kollock was born in Delaware in 1751 and learned the printing business in the office of his uncle, William Goddard, editor of the Pennsylvania Chronicle. He resigned from the Continental Army for the more vital task of combating the Tory press of New York City. Kollock printed his first issues in 1779 in Chatham, N. J. In 1785 he moved to Elizabeth and built a combined home, printing office, and bookstore. When he died in 1839 he was buried across the street in the Presbyterian cemetery.”
Was this theater ever used as retail space?
Basile Baumann Prost & Associates, Inc. (BBP Associates) is an economics and real estate development advisory firm. This is a clip from their list of projects on their website:
“Hartford, CT— Conversion of the old Lyric Theater into office and retail uses."
Maybe they “advised” someone and it didn’t happen.
Basile Baumann Prost & Associates, Inc. (BBP Associates) lists this theater renovation as one of their projects. They are a real estate development advisory firm.