Halsted Theatre
6108 S. Halsted Street,
Chicago,
IL
60621
6108 S. Halsted Street,
Chicago,
IL
60621
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Apparently, my great grandfather, Frederick Z. Lewis purchased this theatre and lived there from 1919-23. At that time he purchased the Capitol Theatre in Eaton, MI. and moved his residency. I obtained this information from a family history published by Fred Lewis' son, Lionel Lewis.
I have an ad from the Englewood Economist, dated May 6, 1912. There is an ad for the Halsted Theatre. After the name is the address, 6208 Halsted Street. Next to, in smaller type, it reads: “Opposite the National Theatre.”
In another ad of the same newspaper, dated December 7, 1914, that has two ads: One for:
“Marcus Loews Empress"
"Halsted, near 63d Street
"Always 6 Big Acts of Vaudeville”
The other:
“Halsted Theatre
"62nd and Halsted Street
"Continuous Daily 12:30 to 11 p.m.”
Obviously, these are not the same theaters. Question again, where is the real Halsted Theatre? It appears that Jazz Age Chicago had it correct all along.
It appears that the Tulane opened earlier, in July 1907, as the Bona Venture Theatre. An ad for the theater boasted: “Restful. Educating. Refined. Strictly Moral Entertaining. The patronage of Ladies and Children especially solicited;” and admission, five cents.
Jazz Age Chicago shows this as having been called the ‘Halster’, although I imagine that is a typo. Status should be changed to demolished.
Was this ever known as the Halsted Theater? A burlesque house?