Lyric Theatre
2420 S. Atlantic Avenue,
Atlantic City,
NJ
08401
2420 S. Atlantic Avenue,
Atlantic City,
NJ
08401
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Located on S. Atlantic Avenue, between Florida Avenue & Georgia Avenue. Originally the Central Theatre which opened on December 25, 1911. It was renovated and renamed the Lyric Theatre on June 2, 1927, reopening with Monte Banks in “Horse Shoes”. It was closed on March 31, 1954. It went into other amusement use. It was a candy store in the 1970’s.
Today the building has a new façade and is in retail use.
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Listings for this theatre stopped in 1953. Reopened for amusements purpose in 1954. Lyric theatre closing 31 Mar 1954, Wed Press of Atlantic City (Atlantic City, New Jersey) Newspapers.com
The Central theatre was renamed Lyric on June 2nd, 1927 per:
Lyric theatre opening 02 Jun 1927, Thu Atlantic City Daily Press, Atlantic City Gazette-Review (Atlantic City, New Jersey) Newspapers.com
Grand reopening ad posted as Lyric.
Opened or placed its first ad as Central on December 25th, 1911. Ad posted.