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Orpheum Theatre

2002 Photo from the Justin West collection

125-29 University Pl
New Orleans LA 70112
(504) 524-3285

	Record #308
Opened: February 7, 1921	Capacity: 1780 seats Architect(s): G Albert Lansburgh Architectural Style(s): Beaux Arts National Register: 1982 Current Organ: none
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Information for this tour was contributed by Justin West.

The RKO Orpheum Theater was built in 1921 at a cost of $500,000 for the vaudeville circiut. No sightlines are impaired by a post (no posts!). In March 1933 it was converted to primarily movies. Demolition was considered in the late 1970s by a city comparing a run-down theater to what revenue a new hotel on the site might bring. Thankfully, this gem was refurbished and plays and orchestras are now the feature attractions ... along with the architecture that would have been lost!

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2003 photos from the Paul Linfesty collection.

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2002 photos from the Justin West collection.

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Last updated 2005-01-19.

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