Gayety Theatre Blaze Starr Burlk 1965-66 Selectn om Daniel D. Teoli Jr. Burlque & Stripper ArchiveContributed to the Inter Archive Honor of...
Contents:
- GAYETY THEATRE
- GAYETY THEATRE ON 92ND STREET AND COMMERCIAL AVENUE
- GAYETY BURLK THEATRE
- LOST WASHGTON: THE GAYETY THEATER
- THE HISTORIC GAYETY THEATRE
- GAYETY THEATRE, SHOWG SPANISH LANGUAGE MOVI
- GAYETY THEATER
- GAYETY THEATRE BLAZE STARR BURLK 1965-66 D. D. TEOLI JR. A. C.
GAYETY THEATRE
Gayety Theatre. Strand Theatre, Guild Theatre, Gayety Burlk Theatre.
GAYETY THEATRE ON 92ND STREET AND COMMERCIAL AVENUE
Later renamed Gayety Burlk Theatre, prentg live burlque shows, 1960 was advertisg “Hollywood Burlk”.
Still operatg 1976, when was attractg a gay male dience.
They Gayety Theatre opened Febary 5, 1906 as a burlque theatre, although movi were featured later years, when durg the 1960’s screened ‘X’ rated adult films. The Gayety Theatre name and s adult movie e was transferred to the vant Plaza Theatre across the road.
GAYETY BURLK THEATRE
Today, the lobby of the former Gayety Theatre is an adult vio and book store. Archive ID: 1982-207-92Date Created: undatedDonor: Andrew KovalMedia Type: PostrdLanguage: EnglishBackstory:Exterr view of Gayety Theater loted near 92nd Street and Commercial Avenue the heart of the South Chigo bs district.
Built as a vville hoe 1907 the Gayety, origally spelled Gaiety, slowly swched to movi as films beme more popular. The buildg was also home to the very popular Gayety Candy Company and Soda Shop.
LOST WASHGTON: THE GAYETY THEATER
In the 1950s, the Gayety Theater swched om first-n featur to Spanish-language films, reflectg the change the populatn of the neighborhood om heavily Eastern European to maly Latx.
The Gayety had n some Polish language films the late 1930s and early 1940s. Filters: Buildgs/Landmarks Communy Life Other Pop Culture Small Bs Other/Unknown South Chigo Other/Unknown Postrd 1982-207 Banks Bs districts Bs Cartoons Dg stor Gayety Theatre General stor Photographs Superman Theaters Walgreens. Gayety Burlk Theatre.
THE HISTORIC GAYETY THEATRE
On November 22, 1946 was renamed Gayety Burlk Theatre and operated to the 1950’s.
Unfortunately, the remas of the Gayety Theatre was molished 1980, along wh s still-elegant terra-tta faça, as part of an urban renewal project. The Gayety Theatre, om a postrd the thor’s llectn.
” In the heart of this mi-Tim Square was the fabulo Gayety Theater, where the girls were always kickg their legs up and the edians gunng for endls, easy Gayety, loted at 513 9th Street, NW, was signed by noted theater archect William H.
GAYETY THEATRE, SHOWG SPANISH LANGUAGE MOVI
Interr of the Gayety Theater. Allen, by 1912 approximately 70 tourg burlque pani played at one hundred theaters across the untry and employed some 5, 000 early years of the Gayety’s existence—the 1910s and 1920s—were undoubtedly s heyday, a time when burlque was still a gog theatril ncern. When the Gayety opened 1907, there weren’t any stripteas, although voluptuo women were always spotlighted.
GAYETY THEATER
She produced “The Unknown Law” at the Gayety September Williams, om a postrd the thor’s llectn. Instead of s expensive bookgs, theaters like the Gayety ed “stock” burlque shows that were much cheaper to produce and mostly nsisted of striptease January 1929, when was still primarily a theatril venue, the Gayety achieved unual notoriety when produced a midnight benef show for the fai of four imprisoned gamblers. It seems the uproar fally blew over when officials lost their appete for explorg the extent of rptn the Metropolan Police Gayety always drew s share of Washgton’s officialdom, cludg many members of Congrs, ernment officials, and even a print or two.
Although was the largt theater on 9th Street and the only one dited to burlque, the Gayety was surround by other theaters, rtrants and ars.
GAYETY THEATRE BLAZE STARR BURLK 1965-66 D. D. TEOLI JR. A. C.
Immediately to the left of the Gayety was a Gothic-Revival former church buildg origally nstcted 1835 and enlarged 1879.
In the 1910s and 1920s hoed the Port Arthur Che Rtrant; later was a bar and fé directly nnected to the Gayety.
Two doors down on the right was the Lear Theater, built 1910 wh rative excs to rival the Gayety’s.