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26 Exeter Street
Boston, Massachusetts

First Spiritualist Temple

America's original house of worship for Spiritualism, the religious movement based on communing with the dead.
The Art Deco Cine Opera
Mexico City, Mexico

Cine Ópera

This crumbling Art Deco movie palace in Mexico City has been abandoned for two decades.
Permanently Closed
Paris, France

Water Tank Beneath Palais Garnier

The subterranean "lake" below the Paris opera house inspired the Phantom of the Opera's lair.
A Wicked booth
New York, New York

Broadway Flea Market

An annual extravaganza of Broadway theater memorabilia.
Sanfilippo Theater Pipe Organ, in all it's glory.
Barrington, Illinois

Place de la Musique

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.
Showtown Drive-In, Monroe, Louisiana.
roadside attractions

A Photographer’s Quest to Find the Last of the Drive-In Theaters

A fade to black for America’s outdoor silver screens.
Anika Burgess April 28, 2017
New York, New York

The Ziegfeld Head

The front yard of an Upper East Side town house hides the last fragment of one of New York's most famous theatres.
A panoramic view of the stage from the back of the balcony.
New York, New York

United Palace Theatre

One of the last Jazz Age "Wonder Theaters" in New York City.
food

Found: A Treasure Trove of Candy Wrappers Dating Back to the Depression

They were hidden in a circulation chamber in an old Chicago theater.
Sarah Laskow March 7, 2017
Estudi Oleguer Junyent.
Barcelona, Spain

Taller d'Oleguer Junyent (Oleguer Junyent's Workshop)

The studio of Catalonia's most famous theatrical designer remains exactly as he left it.
View into the theater after the disaster.
Washington, D.C.

Site of the Knickerbocker Disaster

You could be standing at the site of one of D.C.'s most fatal tragedies and not even know it.
Lost? Look at the ground.
New York, New York

Spotlight on Broadway Map

The 28-foot granite map plots the locations of 40 theaters in New York City.
Main Fourvière theatre.
Lyon, France

Ancient Roman Theaters of Lyon

Lyon, France is home to two remarkably preserved Roman theaters, one dating back to 15 BCE.
Permanently Closed
The Manor
Kissimmee, Florida

Manor Professional Wrestling Dinner Theater

Would you like a sleeper hold with that?
Permanently Closed
Qesm Sharm Ash Sheikh, Egypt

End of the World Cinema

An abandoned outdoor movie theater in the Sinai desert.
Cartagena, Spain

Roman Theatre of Cartagena

An ancient Roman theatre restored to its former glory in the Spanish city of Cartegena.
Piper's Opera House today
Virginia City, Nevada

Piper's Opera House

Back in the day everyone who was anyone played this historic western theater.
Adams and May Blayney in Chantecler.
theaters

The Famous Actress Who Loved Playing a Rooster

Maude Adams was known for being Peter Pan, but her favorite role was that of a preening French rooster.
Sarah Laskow December 6, 2016