Phantasy Theatre
11800 Detroit Avenue,
Lakewood,
OH
44107
11800 Detroit Avenue,
Lakewood,
OH
44107
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Additional Info
Functions: Concerts, Live Music Venue
Previous Names: Homestead Theatre, Landmark Theatre, Showboat Cinema West, Last Picture Show
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This neighborhood theatre opened in 1917 as the Homestead Theatre and closed as a movie theatre around 1979. The movie theatre, in its final years, was also known as the Last Picture Show.
The theatre is currently known as the Phantasy Theatre, and is a major rock music venue in the Cleveland area.
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Toby Radloff
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A guide prepared for the 5th annual Lakewood History Walk (Quick View at Google Documents) says that the Homestead Tehatre was built in 1916. A couple of other sources say it was built in 1917, so maybe it was begun in 1916 and completed in 1917. It’s definitely pre-1920, though.
The history page of the Phantasy Concert Club’s web site has a photo of the theater as the Homestead, sometime in the mid-1950s. There are also some modern photos, including two (rather dark) of the auditorium.
In late February of 1974, the Homestead reopened as the Showboat Cinema West with a screening of LAST TANGO IN PARIS
Added some historic images from a City of Lakewood Heritage Advisory Board agenda requesting historic status for the building that housed the Homestead Theater. Thursday, September 24, 2020 http://www.onelakewood.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/LHABAgenda_092420.pdf
Once operated by Associated Theatres.