My family says that the musical 1776 was playing on Independence Day in 1976, but I recall it being a film titled HARRY AND WALTER GO TO NEW YORK. Which one was playing that day? I remember seeing 1776 with my father some years earlier at Radio City.
I know someone who ushers at the Ziegfeld and is in the orchestra. I am surprised to hear they have an orchestra at this theater because it’s clearly not old enough to have been built for stage presentation.
bobt and RobertR;
The New Amsterdam Theater was not a landmark due to its atchitecture. The landmark is more theater history because that’s where Ziegfeld held his follies.
In a sense they lacked something, but shopping mall theaters did have some decorum. Especially the theaters from the 1950s and 1960s. These, however, lacked decoration when compared to theaters of the 1920s.
Does anyone know who I can contact about filming inside. I am doing a documentary on the Loew’s Kings in Brooklyn. I would like to show what a restored Loew’s looks like.
They are not the original. I have a feeling that in the eyes of some people on this page they will never be the original. It’s like the Loew’s State in the bottom of the Virgin Mega Store in Times Square, not even a good imitation in some people’s eyes.
I may try a corporation called Castle Construction, they may be able to work with us. They are presently working on the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead, a restoration.
I was definitely thinking of the Plaza. The Ward and Glynne’s, or, as it is known today, the Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts was darker in its color scheme. The plaza was blue, with lighting of the type never thought of in the 1920s. There were many gels over what can be considered floodlights behind those blue curtains.
Sometimes progress isn’t always better.
That still leads to the debate, and that may be forever lasting.
Thanks a million Bill
My family says that the musical 1776 was playing on Independence Day in 1976, but I recall it being a film titled HARRY AND WALTER GO TO NEW YORK. Which one was playing that day? I remember seeing 1776 with my father some years earlier at Radio City.
Vito;
Sometimes you have to wait for the page to refresh itself with your post. Maybe, like me, you got a little impatient when it took too long.
I live in New York, but managed to see what’s on Hollywood Boulevard on a recent California trip. Trust me, to an outsider it’s spectacular.
I guess he plays in the combo.
Thanx Boxoffice
I know someone who ushers at the Ziegfeld and is in the orchestra. I am surprised to hear they have an orchestra at this theater because it’s clearly not old enough to have been built for stage presentation.
bobt and RobertR;
The New Amsterdam Theater was not a landmark due to its atchitecture. The landmark is more theater history because that’s where Ziegfeld held his follies.
I don’t recall Radio City as ever having a draw curtain. Did they get rid of it?
In a sense they lacked something, but shopping mall theaters did have some decorum. Especially the theaters from the 1950s and 1960s. These, however, lacked decoration when compared to theaters of the 1920s.
Lostmemory;
Thank you very much.
TC;
I checked the site and could not find the Bergen Record listed.
Does anyone know who I can contact about filming inside. I am doing a documentary on the Loew’s Kings in Brooklyn. I would like to show what a restored Loew’s looks like.
Thanks Theaterat;
I looked at the picture above and they should’ve kept that lettering
I went to the Friends of the Loew’s website and found it hasn’t been updated since June. Is the Jersey still open? If it is, I would love to see it.
They are not the original. I have a feeling that in the eyes of some people on this page they will never be the original. It’s like the Loew’s State in the bottom of the Virgin Mega Store in Times Square, not even a good imitation in some people’s eyes.
I may try a corporation called Castle Construction, they may be able to work with us. They are presently working on the Suffolk Theater in Riverhead, a restoration.
Thanx Robert R.
I was never there WAAAAAA
Did Sinatra ever play the stage on the palace?
I was definitely thinking of the Plaza. The Ward and Glynne’s, or, as it is known today, the Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts was darker in its color scheme. The plaza was blue, with lighting of the type never thought of in the 1920s. There were many gels over what can be considered floodlights behind those blue curtains.
I recall the inside as being spectacular for a theater that was only open for movies, and did not put on stage productions.