Lyric Theatre
135 College Avenue,
Blacksburg,
VA
24060
135 College Avenue,
Blacksburg,
VA
24060
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Lyric Online (Official)
Additional Info
Architects: Henry B. Boynton, Louis Phillippe Smithey
Firms: Smithey & Boynton
Functions: Concerts, Movies, Stage Shows
Styles: Art Deco
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
540.951.0604
Manager:
540.951.4771
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News About This Theater
- Nov 12, 2003 — Today's Newsreel
This 3rd Lyric Theatre was opened on April 24, 1930 by Commonwealth Theaters Corp. It was closed on May 6, 1990 with Lou Diamond Phillips in “The First Power”. It was taken over by the local university and is used as a film theatre and for stage productions. As a center of cultural and civic activity for the region, the Lyric Theatre is the place to enjoy films, theater, music, dance, and lectures.
The Lyric Theatre, the heart of Blacksburg, enhances activity downtown and provides a community facility for a diversity of programs which complement movies and entertainment now available.
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Colin Wiseley
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The Lyric’s web site can be found at www.thelyric.com – check it out!
When the Lyric Theatre was a movie theatre it seated 757 people.
Here is a photo, circa 1934:
http://tinyurl.com/pw65n
A recent article about the Lyric:
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My first movie there as a VT student was “Mandingo.” I saw many movies there; one of my favorites was getting to see “Dirty Dancing” there the weekend it opened. This is also where I saw “Blazing Saddles” for the first time.
Commonwealth Theatre Circuit’s Lyric Theatre “#3” was dedicated on April 24, 1930. The $100,000 venue was the sound era version of the Lyric. It completed 60 years of leasing closing on May 6, 1990 with the venue being transferred to the local university which had been hosting classes in the building. “The First Power” was the last film shown. The theatre was then relit primarily as a performance space but also playing some major Hollywood hits after making the conversion to digital projection.