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Title: Illustrated standard guide to Norfolk and Portsmouth and historical events of Virginia 1607 to 1907
Year: 1907 ( 1900s)
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Subjects: Jamestown Ter-centennial Exposition (1907)
Publisher: Norfolk, Va., Standard lithographing and publishing co
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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ugh Green Street to High, and to the ferries. Theaters and Other Places ofAmusement The Academy of Music is located at 210-212 Main Street.This is an old and famous playhouse, where some of the mostimportant operas and dramas are presented. This theater wascreated by the late H. D. VanWyck, and formally opened in1880. The interior of the house was recently remodeled andgreatly improved, and is to-day one of the finest and bestequipped playhouses in the South. The prices of admissionrange from $2.00 to 25 cents, according to location, and theseating capacity is about 1,400. The Colonial Theater is located on Tazewell Street, betweenGranby and Boush streets. This is a new and modern play-house, where only the highest class attractions are presented.This is one of the Schubert, Belasco theaters, which insures onlythe very best productions of musical comedies, operas, anddramas. Prices of admission range from $2.00 to 25 centsaccording to location, and the seating capacity is about 1,800.
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54 THE A TERS A ND PLA CES OF A M U SEMEN T 55 The Granby Family Theater is located at 113-117 GranbyStreet. This is one of the important theaters where popularpriced attractions are presented. This playhouse opened Janu-ary 21, 1901, and has been most successful, as is attested by thecrowds which daily patronize it. The prices of admission rangefrom 50 cents to 15 cents, according to location, and the seatingcapacity is about 1,300. The Majestic Theater is located at 349 Main Street. This isa new and very attractive theater, where burlesque and vaude-ville attractions are presented. The prices of admission rangefrom 25 cents to 10 cents, according to location, and the seatingcapacity is about 900. The most important variety theaters are: Acme Theater,Auditorium Theater, Bijou Theater, and Manhattan Theater.These playhouses are located along Union Street, betweenCommercial Place and Nebraska Street. All of them presentvaudeville and continuous performances, frequented by menonly. Lyce

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