Creighton Orpheum Theater
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City National Bank Building and Orpheum Theater
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The marquee at Omaha's Orpheum Theater.
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| Location: | Omaha, Nebraska |
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| Coordinates: | 41°15′22.74″N 95°56′10.3″W / 41.2563167°N 95.936194°WCoordinates: 41°15′22.74″N 95°56′10.3″W / 41.2563167°N 95.936194°W |
| Built: | 1895 Creighton Theater 1927 Current Orpheum Theater |
| Architect: | Holabird & Roche; Lawrie,Harry |
| Architectural style: | Italianate |
| Governing body: | Private |
| MPS: | Opera House Buildings in Nebraska 1867-1917 MPS (AD) |
| NRHP Reference#: |
73001061 [1] |
| Added to NRHP: | March 26, 1973 |
The Orpheum Theater is located at 409 South 16th Street in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. The Orpheum hosts programs best served by a more theatrical setting, including the Broadway Across America-Omaha series and Opera Omaha. As City National Bank Building and Creighton Orpheum Theater, the theater is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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History [edit]
The current site of the Omaha Orpheum Theater was previously home to the Creighton Theater.[2] John A. McShane organized a stock company to build the original theater in 1895.[2] The architects for the original theater were Fisher & Lawrie and the general contractors were Rocheford & Gould.[2] Paxton and Vierling installed the iron curtain the weighed 11 tons.[2] The theater was named after John A. Creighton, a local philanthropist, and a huge portrait of Count Creighton decorated the proscenium arch.[2] The Creighton Theater was eventually added to the Orpheum Circuit, which by 1900 had expanded to nine western cities: Omaha, Chicago, Kansas City, New Orleans, Denver, Salt Lake City, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Sacramento.[2] The reference to Creighton was eventually dropped from the theater's name.
By 1926 a new, larger theater was in the works.[2] The current 2,600-seat proscenium theater was built in 1927 on the same site as the original Creighton Theater,[2] but with its entrance situated on 16th Street.
When vaudeville acts were no longer in fashion, a screen was added and the theater operated as a downtown movie theater from the 1940s through 1975, when it received a $2 million renovation and became a performing arts venue once again.[3]
In 2002, the The Orpheum underwent a $10 million renovation, making it a state of the art theater capable of accommodating today's larger and more complicated scenery and sets.[4]
The Orpheum Theater Skylink was added in 2004 for increased convenience and accessibility to the Orpheum. The 200-foot-long elevated, enclosed and climate-controlled walkway connects the OPPD parking garage to the Orpheum Theater.
The Orpheum Theater continues to be one of Omaha's most popular performing arts venues.
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References [edit]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Orpheum Theater". The Omaha World-Herald Newspaper (Omaha, Douglas County, NE, USA). March 28, 1974.
- ^ "Orpheum Theater". CinemaTreasures.org. Retrieved Sept 28, 2010.
- ^ "Omaha's Orpheum Theater". Retrieved 2 February 2013.
External links [edit]
- Omaha Orpheum Interior
- Original Omaha Orpheum Theater Postcard
- Orpheum Circuit Program - Omaha Orpheum on lower left
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