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COATES OPERA HOUSE. Located on Fourth and Main [[STREETS]], the Coates Opera House was formerly the [[CITY HOTEL]]. | COATES OPERA HOUSE. Located on Fourth and Main [[STREETS]], the Coates Opera House was formerly the [[CITY HOTEL]]. | ||
The Athenaeum ceased to attract star performers when the [[GRAND OPERA HOUSE]] was built. The theater did attract vaudeville performers under the management of Charles Bartell, but then closed until around 1903. Jake Rosenthal secured the lease for the building at that time and began the process of building a better vaudeville business. The building became the [[BIJOU THEATER]]. | The Athenaeum ceased to attract star performers when the [[GRAND OPERA HOUSE]] was built. The theater did attract vaudeville performers under the management of Charles Bartell, but then closed until around 1903. Jake Rosenthal secured the lease for the building at that time and began the process of building a better vaudeville business. The building became the [[BIJOU THEATER]]. A few months later, the theater was leased to the Western Vaudeville Association of Chicago. | ||
In 1908 the Dubuque Opera House Company was incorporated. It secured control of the theater which had been owned by Coates, Spensley, Eighmey, and Woodward. Immediately after the close of the vaudeville season | In 1908 the Dubuque Opera House Company was incorporated. It secured control of the theater which had been owned by Coates, Spensley, Eighmey, and Woodward. Immediately after the close of the vaudeville season. The entire interior was removed and the theater was lowered from the second floor to the first floor, two balconies were installed, four boxes were put in on each side, and everything to modernize the theater was done. It was named the New Bijou. A fire destroyed the 53 year old structure in April 1910. | ||
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Revision as of 21:04, 11 August 2013
COATES OPERA HOUSE. Located on Fourth and Main STREETS, the Coates Opera House was formerly the CITY HOTEL.
The Athenaeum ceased to attract star performers when the GRAND OPERA HOUSE was built. The theater did attract vaudeville performers under the management of Charles Bartell, but then closed until around 1903. Jake Rosenthal secured the lease for the building at that time and began the process of building a better vaudeville business. The building became the BIJOU THEATER. A few months later, the theater was leased to the Western Vaudeville Association of Chicago.
In 1908 the Dubuque Opera House Company was incorporated. It secured control of the theater which had been owned by Coates, Spensley, Eighmey, and Woodward. Immediately after the close of the vaudeville season. The entire interior was removed and the theater was lowered from the second floor to the first floor, two balconies were installed, four boxes were put in on each side, and everything to modernize the theater was done. It was named the New Bijou. A fire destroyed the 53 year old structure in April 1910.