Capitol Theater was at 110 S 2nd Avenue behind the Drumheller Building. Photos by Bill Lilley in January 1964.

 

Theatre tickets and memorabilia; the Capitol, Liberty, and Keylor Grand. Images courtesy of Kurt Adams.

                                                        Liberty Theatre seats restored

 

Langston Hughes read his poetry and some of his writings at the Capitol Theatre, January 25th 1946.

Admiral Richard Byrd gave two lectures about Antarctica at the Capitol Theatre on January 13 1936

Fuss and Feathers program, a musical comedy written by Nancy Grant and Ed Hickey, presented by the Eastgate and Prescott Lions Clubs, 1963. Program copy and U-B news clippings courtesy of Nancy Grant. See also the original U-B photos posted on March 27.

 Due to the assassination of John F Kennedy after the first night's performance the final two shows had to be modified and postponed into December.

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