Orpheum Theatre
222 N. Michigan Street,
South Bend,
IN
46601
222 N. Michigan Street,
South Bend,
IN
46601
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The Orpheum Theatre was opened by the Orpheum Circuit on November 14, 1910 with 5-acts of vaudeville. It was soon both a vaudeville and movie theatre. It seated 2,000 and was listed as closed in 1934. The site is now a parking lot.
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The Orpheum Theatre was listed in the 1921 South Bend city directory at 220-24 N. Michigan Street. The Orpheum was listed in the 1913-1914 Cahn guide as a ground floor house with 1105 seats.
The Orpheum Theatre in South Bend was advertised in the March 2, 1912, issue of The New York Clipper as part of the Allardt Circuit, which was headquartered in the Majestic Theatre Building, Chicago, and booked through the Western Vaudeville Managers' Association.
This photo on the Granada Theatre’s photo page shows the Orpheum just up the block from the Granada, and across the street from the Palace. The Orpheum’s entrance was in the central of three bays, so the address must have been 222 N. Michigan Street. The site is now part of the plaza fronting the Morris Performing Arts Center.
Opened by Orpheum Circuit on November 14, 1910 with five acts of vaudeville (the George B. Reno Company in “The Misfit Army”, a singing novelty by the Four American Gipsy Girls, Fitch Cooper in “The Musical Rube”, a performance by Josephine Gassman and Picks, and athletic performances by the Lambert Brothers).