Boston Theatre
389 Centre Avenue NW,
Roanoke,
VA
24016
389 Centre Avenue NW,
Roanoke,
VA
24016
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The Boston Theatre was opened by October 1914. It catered for African-American audiences and was on the S.H. Dudley Circuit and later the Southern Circuit of vaudeville theatres. The Boston Theatre was closed January 1, 1917.
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The April 30, 1914, issue of theatrical paper The New York Age said that “Gaston & Jackson and Susie Sutton are at the Boston Theatre, Roanoke.” I’ve found references to both of these acts being on the African-American vaudeville circuit during this period. I haven’t found anything about Gaston & Jackson, but Susie Sutton appears to have been quite successful in vaudeville from 1910 through 1915, and later she appeared in movies and on stage, even having her own company of players in the mid-1920s.
The June 3, 1916, issue of The Moving Picture World had this item about the Boston Theatre:
I haven’t found any follow-up items confirming that this expansion plan was actually carried out.