Fenway Theatre

The Fenway Theatre (1915–1972) of Boston, Massachusetts, was a cinema and concert hall in the Back Bay, located at no.136 Massachusetts Avenue at Boylston Street.^[1] Architect Thomas W. Lamb designed the building;^[2] its interior was "marble and velvet."^[3] The auditorium sat 1,600.^[4] In the early 1970s Aerosmith used the theatre for rehearsals.^[5] In 1972 the Berklee College of Music bought the property; the remodeled Berklee Performance Center opened in 1976 and continues today.^[6]

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^ Donald C. King (2005), The Theatres of Boston: a Stage and Screen History, Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co., ISBN 0-7864-1910-5, 0786419105
^ "Theatres." Architecture and Building, v.50, January 1918
^ Massari, Paul. "Down in front." Boston Globe, 09 Nov 2000
^ Boston Redevelopment Authority. (1973), Cultural and performing arts facility development program policy guidelines and recommendations
^ Davis, Stephen; Aerosmith (1997). Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith. New York: HarperCollins. ISBN 978-0-380-97594-5.
^ Berklee Performance Center. History. Retrieved 2012-03-07
^ Boston Daily Globe, Jan. 15, 1916
^ ^a ^b ^c Boston Daily Globe, December 02, 1916
^ ^a ^b ^c Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 9, 1917
^ ^a ^b Boston Globe, April 16, 1920
^ ^a ^b Boston Globe, March 12, 1921
^ ^a ^b Boston Globe, May 11, 1922
^ ^a ^b ^c Boston Globe, May 22, 1922
^ Reel Journal, Feb. 16, 1924
^ During a screening of the film Lilac Time in 1929, "the manager ... poured a pint of lilac perfume into the ventilation system." (Avery N. Gilbert. What the nose knows: the science of scent in everyday life. Random House: 2008)
^ Billboard Feb 19, 1972
^ Matovina, Dan (2000). Without You: The Tragic Story of "Badfinger". Frances Glover Books. ISBN 978-0-9657122-2-4.

Library of Congress. Drawing of Fenway Theatre, Massachusetts Ave. and Boylston St., Boston, Massachusetts, 1926.
Flickr. Question 7 at the Fenway Theater, Boston, Massachusetts, 1961