Bon Ami Theater

Court Street,
Opelousas, LA 70570

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robboehm
robboehm on February 6, 2021 at 12:10 pm

On the Rex site Joe Vogel cites a September 19, 2019 article in the Opelousas Daily World indicating that sometime before 1914 the building was expanded providing a second entrance on Landry Street. Later the theatre was renamed the Princess. Then, in 1916, when a new owner took over, he closed the theatre after building a new Princess down Landry Street.

Since the Bon Ami began life as an African American theatre one can theorize that it’s status also changed when it was rebranded as the Princess.

robboehm
robboehm on February 6, 2021 at 11:47 am

Uploaded image of an ad which appeared in the Opelousas Daily World. Wonder what the special inducements were.