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Orpheum Theatre Stage

Date: 04 07 1927
Description: Elevated view of the stage at the Orpheum Theater, 216 State Street. A sign on the right side of the stage near the steps reads: "Rubber Tires."
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Orpheum Theater Under Construction

Date: 08 05 1926
Description: Elevated view of the Orpheum Theater under construction, 216 State Street, looking west. Holy Redeemer Catholic Church is in the background. Caption reads:...
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Mayor Law and Chic Sale

Date: 07 20 1933
Description: Mayor James R. Law presenting the keys of the city to Chic Sale, former Dane County land owner and character impersonator performing at the Orpheum Theater...
Property Record

115 KING ST

Community: Madison
County: Dane
Historic Name: Majestic Theater
Reference Number: 74958
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Scene from "Wac-Khaki" GI Revue

Date: 10 01 1943
Description: Scene from "Wac-Khaki" GI Review: Six WACs dressed in South Seas costumes, at the Wisconsin Memorial Union Theater.
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Eastwood Theatre Proscenium Arch

Date: 01 30 1930
Description: View of the Eastwood Theater proscenium arch, grills, orchestra pit, and front few rows of seating, with decorative detail along the side of the auditorium...
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Royal Theater

Date: 1913
Description: View across street of the exterior of the Royal Theater, 407 Atwood Avenue (address now 2142 Atwood). Designed by Ferdinand Kronenberg (?) Building remode...
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Madison Youth Summer Theater

Date: 08 06 1957
Description: Kathy McCloskey, at the piano, and Andy Rothblatt, with a guitar, rehearse a Civil War ballad for the tenth anniversary celebration of the Madison Youth Su...
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Orpheum Theatre Detail

Date: 09 07 1969
Description: Architectural detail of the Orpheum Theatre located at 216 State Street.
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Madison Playwright, Mary-Kate Lorenz

Date: 01 23 1958
Description: Portrait of Madison playwright Mary-Kate Lorenz. Her play, "Beauty and the Beast", will be performed by the Madison Theater Guild at the Central High Schoo...
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Theater Guild Opens Season

Date: 09 1959
Description: Carol Bryant, Robert Rancourt and Nancy Fowlkes act out a scene from "The Cold Wind and the Warm", the opening play of the Madison Theater Guild season pre...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Gallery of actors saved from wreck of Fuller theater

Date: 1921-06-22
County: Dane
City: Madison
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Madison Theater Guild's Costume Committee

Date: 02 26 1952
Description: The members of the Madison Theater Guild have worked seven days a week to make costumes for a cast of 30 in the production of "As You Like It". They are wo...
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Cadet Singers

Date: 08 30 1930
Description: Floyd's Singing Cadets. Two cadets and a leader are posing at the Orpheum theater.
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Madison Youth Summer Theater

Date: 08 06 1957
Description: Officers of the Madison Youth Summer Theater are, left to right, Gibbs Murray, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Murray, 4004 Drexel Avenue, president; Kathy J...
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Madison Theater Guild Presents Carousel

Date: 03 22 1961
Description: Three dancers rehearse for their roles in the Madison Theater Guild's production of "Carousel". On the left is Yvette Birs, who plays the lead dance role o...
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Madison Theater Guild "Carousel" Cast Members

Date: 03 15 1961
Description: Portrait of family members in the Madison Theater Guild cast of "Carousel". Shown in the front row, left to right, are: Debbie Foster, dancer; Frances Feth...
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Madison Theater Guild's "Look Homeward, Angel"

Date: 04 19 1961
Description: Thomas Wolfe's "Look Homeward, Angel" will be the last play of the 1960-61 season of the Madison Theater Guild. From left to right: the older brother Ben ...
Property Record

216 STATE ST

Community: Madison
County: Dane
Historic Name: Orpheum Theater
Reference Number: 88366
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Orpheum Theatre

Date: 1918
Description: Exterior view of the Orpheum Theatre at 113 Monona Avenue (now called Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard). There are several automobiles parked in front of ...

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