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Bijou Theatre
2011 Photo from the Edward Findlay collection
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543-47 Washington St
Chinatown (Boston) MA 02111
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| Record #16512 |
Opened: December 11, 1882
Closed: Yes (date unknown)
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Current Organ: none |
| Also Known As: Bijou Dream, Intown, Lion |
Information for this tour was contributed by Scott Norwood. When entertainment became a successful venture at the Lion's Tavern assembly hall in the early 1800s, it was only natural for the Lion's Theatre to be built in 1836. The theater became known as the Bijou Theatre and was the first in the United States to show films commercially, in 1882. In 1883, Benjamin Franklin Keith gave birth to American Vaudeville here. Photos
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2011 photos from the Edward Findlay collection.
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Last featured 7/23/2003. Last edited 3/27/2011.
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