Aarde Cinema |
see Roxy Theater (2023 Sansom St.) |
|
[2008-present] |
open |
|
[A] |
Abbe Art Cinema |
see Cedar (60th & Cedar) |
ABC Theater |
3321 Chestnut St. |
300 seats |
[1914-1919] |
Closed, nickelodeon |
J. Anderson |
[N] |
Academy of Music |
Broad & Locust Sts. |
2,938 seats |
[1857-present] |
open |
LaBrun & Runge |
[C] |
Ace (see Holiday Art) |
4204 Kensington Av. |
920 seats |
[1922-?] |
closed |
Wm. H. Lee, 1940 |
[M] |
Adelphi |
1453 N. 52nd St. |
483 seats |
[1922-1965] |
Closed |
a/k/a:Adelphia |
[M] |
Adelphia |
Broad & Cherry Sts. |
300 seats |
[1876-1907] |
|
|
[L] |
Adelphi |
Broad & Cherry Sts. |
1,341 seats |
[1907-1937] |
twin to the Lyric, demolished |
James Windrim |
[L] |
Adrienne Theater |
2030 Sanson St. |
|
|
|
|
[A] |
Admiral Theater |
2806 N Fifth St. |
1,340 seats |
[1928-1976] |
Hodgens & Hill |
|
[M] |
Adonis Cinema |
2026 Sansom St. |
|
|
|
Adult Theater |
[A] |
Adult Art Cinema |
1903 Market St. |
|
[?] |
Demolished, Adult Theater |
Adult Theater |
[A] |
Airport Drive-In |
Airport Circle & Essington Av. |
1,200 spaces |
[1955-1975] |
Demolished |
Outdoor Theater |
[D] |
Airport Theater |
7032 Elmwood Av. |
565 seats |
[1922-1962] |
Closed |
opened as Elm, later Embassy |
[M] |
Alcazar Theater |
58th St & Woodland Av. |
480 seats |
[1922-1925] |
Closed, Demolished |
|
[M] |
Alden Theater |
3641 Midvale Av. |
750 seats |
[1932-1968] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Aldine Theater |
1836 Chestnut (at 19th) St. |
1,303 seats |
[1921-present] |
|
William Steele |
[M] |
Had various names including Viking, Cinema 19, Sameric
(see Sam's Place 1 & 2) |
Alexanders Theater |
27th & Cumberland Sts. |
|
[1911-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[S] |
Alhambra Theater |
1628 W Passyunk Av. |
1,449 seats |
[1910-1961] |
Closed |
JJ Anderson |
[M] |
Allegheny Theater |
25th & Allegheny Av. |
850 seats |
[1914-1960] |
Closed, demolished |
General Construction Co |
[M] |
Allegheny Theater |
3141 Frankford Av. |
2,885 seats |
[1912-1956] |
Closed |
Magaziner & Potter, Hoffman & Henon |
[S] |
Allen Theater (opened as Chelten Auditorium) |
1209 E Chelten Av. |
400 seats |
[1924-1964] |
Closed |
HC Hodgens |
[M] |
Alma Theater |
Kensington Av. & Ontario St. |
480 seats |
[1914-?] |
|
HK Kline |
[M] |
Amateur Drawing Room |
17th & Chestnut Sts. |
700 seats |
[1865-1882] |
Closed |
|
[C] |
Ambassador Theater |
5542 Baltimore Av. |
1,000 seats |
[1921-?] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
American |
see Astor (722 W. Girard Av.) |
|
[1911-1925] |
|
|
[S] |
American Museum |
see Dumont’s |
American Opera House |
see Southwark |
AmphiTheater |
12th & Market Sts. |
|
[1863-1865] |
Demolished 2003 |
(Cardner & Hemmings) |
[C] |
Andorra Theaters |
9100 Ridge (at Henry) Av. |
(8-plex) |
[1963-2003] |
Closed, demolished, now a gym |
Supowitz & Demchick |
[T] |
Annenberg Center |
University of Pennsylvania |
Apex |
see Joy (51st & Haverford) |
|
[1811-?] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Apollo Theater, see Capital (1237-1241 N. 52nd St.) |
Apollo |
Apollo & South Sts. |
|
[1811-?] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Apollo |
see Family (1311 Market St.) |
demolished to build PA Convention Center |
Arcade Theater |
232 N Eighth St. |
|
[1909-1917] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Arcade Theater |
5226 Market St. |
199 seats |
[1914-1918] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Arcadia Theater |
1529 Chestnut St |
630 seats |
[1915-1978] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Arch Street Opera House |
609 Arch St. |
1,911 seats |
[1828-1936] |
|
|
[L] |
burned, razed & |
rebuilt twice, |
|
has had various names |
See the Trocadero |
|
[L] |
Arch Street Theater |
see Chestnut Street Theater |
|
[1828-?] |
|
|
[L] |
Art Holiday |
4204 Frankford Av (at Briggs St). |
920 seats |
[1963-2007] |
Closed |
|
[MA] |
opened as the Ace in 1922,
| became the Windsor in 1930 |
|
|
|
|
[L] |
Art Pantheon |
6th & Chestnut St. |
600 to 700 seats |
[?-1799] |
burned (see Rickett’s AmphiTheater) |
|
[L] |
Astor Theater |
722 W. Girard Av. |
1,464 seats |
[1925-1989] |
Demolished in 1989 |
|
[M] |
John Eberson (opened as the American) |
a/k/a American, Astor, Lyric, German |
|
|
Carl P Berger, Harvey C Hodgens |
|
[M] |
Auditorium |
2618 Germantown Av. |
|
[1908-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Auditorium |
see Crystal Palace (2618 Germantown) |
Auditorium Theater |
1097 Germantown Av. |
|
[1911-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
a/k/a Aurora |
[N] |
Auditorium Theater |
1627 Federal St |
|
[1911-1911] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Auditorium Theater |
215 N Eighth St. |
416 seats |
[1909-1967] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Aurora Theater |
624 Moore St. |
|
[1910-1914] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Aurora Theater |
1097 Germantown Av. |
600 seats |
[1919-?] |
Closed |
opened as the Auditorium |
[M] |
Aurora Theater |
2132 Germantown Av. |
500 seats |
[1910-1914] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Avenue Theater |
2713 Germantown Av. |
500 seats |
[1911-1984] |
Demolished 1984 |
Albert E Westover |
[M] |
a/k/a Amusement Parlor, |
Temple, Elmer |
|
|
|
|
[M] |
Avenue Theater |
7282 Woodland Av. |
|
[1912-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Avoca Theater |
20th & McKean Sts. |
|
[1913-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Avon Theater |
2217 South St. |
617 seats |
[1924-1956] |
Closed |
Tunis & Genther |
[M] |
Baltimore Theater |
5026 Baltimore Av. |
460 seats |
[1913-1938] |
Closed |
N. Raidman |
[M] |
Bandbox Theater |
20-30 E Armat St. |
499 seats |
[1930-1961] |
Closed |
Charles S Parker |
[M] |
Bandbox |
Broad & 71st Sts. |
Bartram Theater |
1909 S 55th St. |
494 seats |
[1914-1930] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
Leroy B Rothschild |
[S] |
Becker Theater |
20th & Mifflin Sts. |
250 seats |
[1904-1906] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Becker Theater |
21st & Dickinson Sts. |
300 seats |
[1907-1916] |
Demolished, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Becker Theater |
628 Moore St. |
300 seats |
[1905-1927] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
Louis Fein |
[S] |
Becker |
1729 Snyder (at Bouvier). |
499 seats |
[1912-1930] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Belgrade Theater |
2848 Belgrade St. |
500 seats |
[1913-1966] |
Closed |
David Supowitz |
[M] |
Bell Theater (a/k/a:Star) |
1310 S 31st St. |
499 seats |
[1919-1953] |
Demolished |
|
[M] |
Bell Theater |
2907 N Fifth St. |
400 seats |
[1914-1929] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
Fred Greisler |
[N] |
Bellevue Theater |
61st & Vine Sts. |
|
[1915-1916] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Bellevue Theater |
2212 N Front St. |
830 seats |
[1915-1932] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Belmont Theater |
25 N 52nd St. |
1,000 seats |
[1914-1970] |
Demolished |
J Bright |
[M] |
Belvedere Theater (see Hill) |
8320 Germantown Av. |
550 seats |
[1914-1961] |
Closed |
Wm. H. Lee |
[M] |
Benn Theater |
6316 Woodland Av. |
1,345 seats |
[1923-1975] |
Closed |
Philip Haibach Co. |
[M] |
Benner Theater |
6054-56 Castor Av. |
600 seats |
[1942-1985] |
Closed |
David Supowitz |
[M] |
Benson Theater |
6338 Woodland Av. |
499 seats |
[1914-1968] |
Closed |
JJ Anderson |
[M] |
-
Berks Theater |
22nd St & Berks St. |
|
[1910-1922] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Bijou Dream Theater |
1205 Market St. |
|
[1908-1914] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Bijou Dream Theater |
8th St & Market Sts. |
|
[1908-1910] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Bijou Dream Theater |
1311 Market St. |
|
[1907-1908] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Bijou Dream Theater |
901 Market St. |
|
[1908-1910] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Bijou Dream Theater |
1233 Market St. |
|
[1908-1909] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Bijou Theater |
49th St & Woodland Av. |
|
[1917-1920] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Bijou Theater |
31st St & Wilt Sts. |
|
[1915-1919] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Bijou Theater |
1931 S Third St. |
|
[1909-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Bijou |
253 N. 8th (at Race) St. |
1200 seats |
[1877] |
Closed |
|
[E] |
became Forepaugh’s in 1884, |
demolished 1960 |
|
|
first of 10 theaters |
to be named the Bijou |
[L] |
Bijou |
8th & Race Sts. |
1,200 seats |
[1889-1967] |
Closed |
J. McElfatrick |
[E] |
Bluebird Theater |
2209 N Broad St. |
499 seats |
[1914-1957] |
Closed |
M Dickinson |
[M] |
Booker Theater |
1026-30 Fairmount Av. |
500 seats |
[1921-1937] |
Demolished |
|
[M] |
Booker |
1026 Fairmount Av. |
426 seats |
[1945-1955] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Boro Theater |
6184 Ridge Av. |
480 seats |
[1940-1950] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Boyd Theater (Art Deco) |
1908 Chestnut St. |
2,350 seats |
[1928-2002] |
Closed, a/k/a:Sam Eric, Cinerama |
Hoffman & Henon |
[M] |
Breeze Theater |
1638 Point Breeze Av. |
1,200 seats |
[1911-1953] |
Demolished |
Charles F Schaef |
[S] |
Bridesburg |
2747 Bridge St. |
498 seats |
[1913-1933] |
Closed |
was the Elm from 1929 to 1932 |
[M] |
Bridge U Penn/Rave Motion Pictures 6 |
230 S 40th St. |
|
[2002-present] |
a/k/a:Bridge Cinema De Lux |
SPG3 Architects |
[M] |
|
see Rave University City 6 Theater (230 S. 40th St.) |
Bristol Palace Theater |
4221 Germantown Av. |
|
[1910-1920] |
Closed |
|
[] |
Broad Street Palace Theater |
525 S Broad St. |
|
[1910-1922] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Broad Street Theater |
3625 N Broad St |
904 seats |
[1911-1921] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Broad Theater |
4813 N Broad St. |
499 seats |
[1915-1971] |
Closed |
Anderson & Haupt, David Supowitz |
[M] |
Broad |
Broad & Cherry Sts. |
677 seats |
[1876-1886] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Broad Street (see Kiralfy's) |
Broad & Locust Sts. |
1,406 seats |
[1876-1937] |
Closed |
F. Loenholdt |
[L] |
Broadway Theater |
2506 Kensington Av. |
|
[1909-1914] |
Closed , Nickelodeon |
|
[L] |
Broadway Theater |
121 W York St. |
1,000 |
[1914-?] |
Demolished |
(a/k/a:New Broadway, Ruby) |
[S] |
Broadway |
Front/Hope & York Sts. |
765-1,000 seats |
[1914-1955] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Broadway |
York & Broad (2400 N. Broad). |
|
[1914-1955] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Broadway Theater |
Broad & Race Sts. |
|
[1913-1914] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Broadway Theater |
2014-42 S Broad St. |
2,183 seats |
[1913-1971] |
Demolished |
Albert E Westover |
[M] |
Broadway Theater |
716 S Broad St. |
|
[1907-1911] |
Closed, Nickelodeon (a/k/a Idle Hour?) |
|
[S] |
Bromley Theater |
5810 Old York Rd. |
952 seats |
[1935-1958] |
Closed |
Thalheimer & Weitz |
[M] |
Bronson |
see Byrd |
Brunswick |
see Rio Theater |
Budco Regency Twin |
see Regency I & II |
atmospheric style closed & demolished |
Bushfire Theater |
224 S 52nd St. |
428 seats |
[1914-present] |
Closed (see Locust Theater) |
Stuckert & Sloan |
[L] |
Byrd Theater (a/k/a Bronson) |
4716 Baltimore (at 47th) Av. |
1,800 seats |
[1928-1970] |
I. Levin |
|
[M] |
Cadet Theater |
3401 N Second St. |
679 seats |
[1914-1948] |
Closed |
S Morrison |
[M] |
Cambria Theater |
2468 W Cambria St. (at 25th St). |
850 seats |
[1914-1968] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Cameo Theater |
2940-46 Frankford Av. |
500 seats |
[1909-1955] |
Closed |
David Supowitz |
[M] |
Capital Theater (later the Apollo) |
1237 N 52nd St. |
1,185 seats |
[1913-1993] |
Closed |
Thalheimer & Weitz |
[M] |
Capitol Theater |
722-724 Market St. |
562 seats |
[1919-1954] |
Closed |
Paul Henon |
[M] |
Cariola Hall |
7th & Christian |
750 seats |
[1920-1929] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Carman |
Germantown & Allegheny Av. |
2,200 seats |
[1928-1978] |
Closed |
W.E. Groben |
[S] |
8 years later the 2,200-seat theater opened |
across the street the first operated as Galard Theater |
Casino Theater |
926 Market St. |
|
[1910-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
opened as Lubin’s Cineograph |
[N] |
Casino Theater |
1209 N 13th St. |
|
[1910-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Casino Theater |
2603 Germantown Av. |
|
[1910-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Casino Theater |
4236 Main St. |
|
[1910-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Casino Theater |
4435 Frankford Av. |
|
[1910-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Casino Theater |
3013 Frankford Av. |
|
[1910-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Casino Theater |
3951 Haverford Av. |
419 seats |
[1925-1955] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Castel Theater |
2211 W Toronto St. |
|
[1910-1915] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Castle |
see Segal's Castle |
Castor Theater |
6631 Castor Av. |
446 seats |
[1936-1989] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Cayuga Theater |
4731 Germantown Av. |
460 seats |
[1911-1955] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Cedar Theater |
60th St & Cedar Av. |
868 seats |
[1913-1965] |
Closed |
a/k/a:Abbe Art Cinema |
[M] |
Center Theater |
1638 Market St. |
439 seats |
[1936-1985] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Central Theater |
412 Market St. |
500 seats |
[1914-1918] |
Closed, Nickelodeon, burlesque |
|
[M] |
Century |
Erie & Marshall (at 6th St.). |
980 seats |
[1914-1983] |
Closed |
FC Koenig |
[M] |
Chapman Theater |
3943 Kensington Av. |
|
[1913-1920] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Chelten Theater |
1159 E Chelten Av. |
800 seats |
[1935-1973] |
Closed |
Thalheimer & Weitz |
[M] |
Chelten |
1209 Chelten Av. |
|
[1920-1964] |
Closed |
Now storage facility for Chestnut Church |
[ ] |
Cheltenham Theater |
Atmospheric style |
closed & demolished |
Cheltenham Square (8 plex) |
2385 Cheltenham Av (at Washington Lane). |
|
[1989-2008] |
demolished, now a Target store |
|
[M] |
Chestnut Hill Twin (Eric I & II) |
7700 Crittenden (Market Square of Chestnut Hill) |
|
[?] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Chestnut Street Keith’s – see Keith ’s or Randolph |
Chestnut Street Opera House |
1021 Chestnut St. |
1,656 seats |
[1870-1940] |
demolished |
Bissell & Sinkler |
[L] |
Chestnut Street Theater (1st) |
6th & Chestnut Sts. |
2000 seats |
[1793-1820] |
burned |
|
[L] |
Chestnut Street Theater (2nd) |
6th & Chestnut Sts. |
1,100 seats |
[1822-1855] |
Closed, demolished |
Wm. Strickland |
[L] |
burned in 1856 rebuilt in 1863, demolished 1917;
|
Chestnut Street Theater (3rd) |
1211 Chestnut St. |
1,189 seats |
[1863-1917] |
|
John Crump |
[L] |
Chinese Museum |
1211-15 Chestnut (between 12th & 13th). |
8,000 seats |
[1838-1854] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
had 3,000 seats on lower floor and 5,000 on the upper floor |
Cinema 19 |
see Aldine or Sam's Place 1 & 2 Closed |
Cinema Arts |
6th & Poplar Sts. |
700 seats |
[1950-?] |
(f/k/a Poplar?) |
|
[M] |
Cinema I & II |
see Northeast (a/k/a GCC Northeast 4) |
Cinema South |
see Stadium |
Cinemagic 3 at Penn |
3925 Walnut St. |
|
[1999-2005] |
Closed |
a/k/a:Walnut Mall I, II & III |
[T] |
Circle Theater |
4650-52 Frankford Av. |
2,991 seats |
[1929-1950] |
Closed |
Hoffman & Henon |
[T] |
City Line Center Theater |
7600 City Av. |
1,530 seats |
[1949-1991] |
Closed |
(twinned in 1974) Wm. H Lee |
[T] |
Clear Picture Parlor |
3614 Longshore Av. |
|
[1913-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
City Museum |
415 Callowhill St. |
|
[1854-1890] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Clearfield Theater |
2512 E Clearfield St. |
735 seats |
[1920-1968] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Cohooksink |
2119 Germantown Ave. |
927 seats |
[1920-1970] |
Closed |
became the Diamond |
[M] |
Coliseum Theater |
5915 Market St. |
1,000 seats |
[1914-1964] |
Closed |
Hoffman & Henon |
[M] |
became the Mayfair in 1937 and
| later became the New Mayfair in 1950 |
|
|
|
|
|
Colney Theater |
5621 N 5th St. |
1,985 seats |
[1925-1958] |
Closed |
Hodgens & Hill |
[M] |
Colonial Theater (2nd) |
5526 Germantown Av. |
2,552 seats |
[1913-1963] |
|
Thomas Lamb |
[S] |
Colonial Theater |
4124 Aspen St (at Lancaster). |
496 seats |
[1912-1943] |
Closed |
Hodgens & Hill |
[M] |
Colonial Theater |
1025 W. Moyamensing Av. |
954 seats |
[1910-1989] |
Closed |
a/k/a:New Colonial |
[L] |
Colonial Theater |
15th & Chestnut Sts. |
600 seats |
[1907-1914] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Colosseum Cyclorama |
Broad & Locust Sts. |
|
[1876-?] |
Closed |
|
[N] |
Colossal Theater |
410 W Girard Av. |
|
[1910-1913] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Columbia |
520 N 3rd St. |
|
[1857-1912] |
Closed |
|
[N] |
Columbia Theater |
1328 Columbia Av. |
|
[1907-1910] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Columbia Theater |
2709 Columbia Av. |
884 seats |
[1911-1954] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Comique Theater |
2408 S Broad St. |
|
[1913-1920] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
HD Prettyman |
[N] |
Commodore Theater |
4228 Walnut St. |
1,105 seats |
[1928-2955] |
Closed |
Ballinger Company |
[M] |
Concert Hall |
1217 Chestnut St. |
|
[1853-1894] |
Closed |
|
[N] |
Coulter Theater |
312 W Coulter St. |
500 seats |
[1925-1934] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Crescent Theater |
84th & Eastwick Av. |
800 seats |
[1921-1950] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Crescent Theater |
5107 Butler St. |
|
[1915-1916] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Crest Theater |
5800 Rising Sun Av. |
900 seats |
[1937-1986] |
Closed, demolished |
David Supowitz |
[M] |
(a 7-11 is there now |
across from the school) |
|
|
|
|
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Crosskeys Theater |
5931 Market St. |
1,995 seats |
[1914-1957] |
Closed |
Hoffman & Henon |
[S] |
on the former site of the tavern & hotel of the same name |
Crown Theater |
2726 Penn St. |
|
[1914-1916] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Crystal Palace Theater |
2336 N Front St. |
|
[1909-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Crystal Palace Theater |
2618 Germantown Av. |
|
[1909-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Crystal Palace Theater |
2916 N Fifth St. |
|
[1909-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Crystal Palace Theater |
Seventh & Morris Sts. |
|
[1909-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Crystal Palace Theater |
Fifth St & Olney Av. |
|
[1909-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon (near Starlight) |
|
[N] |
Crystal Palace |
see Theater of the Living Arts (334 South St.) |
Crystal Tea Room in Wanamakers |
100 Penn Square East |
9th Floor Wanamaker Building |
Curtis Hall |
1726 Locust St. |
|
[1924-present] |
|
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[L] |
Curtis Institute |
1726 Locust St. |
|
[1924-present] |
|
|
[L] |
Dante Theater |
1212 S Broad (at Federal) St. |
500 seats |
[1937-1962] |
Closed |
Armand Carrol, Art Deco |
[M] |
Dazzleland |
2950 Frankford Av. |
500 seats |
[1925-1930] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Dell |
4024 Girard Av. |
900 seats |
[1922-1955] |
Closed, had opened as the Grant |
Hoffman & Henon |
[M] |
Desmond |
see Kent or People’s Theater |
1,932 seats |
[1928-1989] |
Closed, demolished |
Hoffman & Henon |
[LSM] |
Devon Theater |
6333 Frankford Av. |
787 seats |
[1946-2011] |
Closed |
Thalheimer & Weitz |
[L] |
was a movie theater from 1946 to 2000 |
a peforming arts center from 2009 to Jan. 2011 |
Dewey Theater |
10th St. & Snyder Av. |
950 seats |
[1920-1939] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Diamond Theater |
2119-23 Germantown Av. |
927 seats |
[1923-1970] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
opened in 1920 as Cohooksink, renamed Diamond in 1923, renamed Puerto Rico in 1950s
|
Diamond Theater |
2442 Frankford Av. |
|
[1912-1912] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[S] |
Dixie Rose Theater |
151 Levering St. |
950 seats |
[1915-1935] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Dixie Theater |
6131 Ridge Av. |
|
[1914-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Dixie Theater |
1224 Point Breeze Av. |
450 seats |
[1912-1953] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Doak’s Hall |
1216 Moore Av. |
|
[1880-1914] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Doris Theater |
49th St & Woodland Av. |
775 seats |
[1911-1955] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Douglas Theater |
4410 Fairmount Av. |
490 seats |
[1915-1945] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Dreamland Theater |
835 Market St. |
|
[1908-1930] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[M] |
Dreamland Theater |
1217 Market St. |
|
[1908-1911] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[M] |
Drumpy Theater |
Broad St & Montgomery Av. |
|
[1914-1914] |
Closed (see Grand Opera House/Nixon's Grand) |
|
[M] |
Drury Theater |
3440 N 13th St. |
800 seats |
[1910-1934] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Duchess Theater |
1605 Chestnut St |
460 seats |
[1969-1987] |
Closed |
Thalheimer & Weitz |
[M] |
Duke Theater |
1605 Chestnut Theater |
460 seats |
[1969-1987] |
Closed |
Thalheimer & Weitz |
[M] |
Dumont's |
9th & Arch Sts. |
900 seats |
[1870-1929] |
burned down in 1929 |
|
[M] |
originally called American Museum |
Menagerie and Theater. |
|
|
|
|
|
Dunbar Theater |
Broad & Lombard Sts. (NEC). |
1400 seats |
[1919-1950s] |
demolished in 1950s |
|
[M] |
Dunlap Theater |
1032 N Fourth St. |
465 seats |
[1920-1927] |
Closed |
LM Shestack |
[M] |
Duse Art Theater |
Ranstead St. |
|
[1930] |
|
R. Sabatini |
[L] |
Eagle Theater |
2420 Kensington Av. |
450 seats |
[1915-1935] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Earl Theater |
1343 S 28th St. |
1,014 seats |
[1923-1962] |
Closed |
Burton Simon |
[M] |
Earle Theater |
1046 Market St. |
2,768 seats |
[1924-1953] |
Demolished 1953 |
Hoffman & Henon. Opened as Elrae |
[M] |
Eastwick Theater |
84th St & Eastwick Av. |
350 seats |
[1919-1928] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Edgemont Theater |
4411-13 Edgemont St. |
400 seats |
[1919-1957] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Edisonia Theater |
210 N Eighth St. |
|
[1906-1910] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[M] |
Egyptian |
Eighteen-Twelve (see 1812) |
1812 Chestnut St. |
400-494 seats |
[1967-1992] |
Closed (later was AMC Palace) |
|
[M] |
Electric Theater |
2709 Kensington Av. |
|
[1907-1909] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Electric Theater |
2835 Germantown Av. |
|
[1907-1909] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Electric Theater (a/k/a Italia) |
8th St & Washington Av. |
|
[1911-1912] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Electric Theater |
N Sixth St & Germantown Av. |
|
[1907-1909] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Electric Theater |
10th & South Sts. |
|
[1907-1909] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Electric Theater |
1038 S Eighth St. |
|
[1909-1924] |
Closed |
|
[N] |
Eleventh Street Opera |
11th & Ranstead |
850 seats |
[1854/1895-1911] |
Closed |
|
[N] |
Home of Dumont’s Minstrels |
demolished in 1911 |
Elite Theater |
5917 Torresdale Av. |
247 seats |
[1912-1924] |
Closed |
|
[MS] |
Elite Theater |
1630 W Susquehanna Av. |
|
[1909-1924] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Elite Theater |
2716 W Girard Av. |
611 seats |
[1920-1945] |
Closed |
Leroy Rothschild |
[M] |
Elk Theater |
2501 Ridge Av. |
500 seats |
[1919-1930] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Ellis |
5231 Frankford Av. |
1,729 seats |
[1928-1980] |
Demolished |
(was the Forum then the Xtasy) |
[SA] |
Elm Theater |
2949 Kensington Ave |
|
[1908-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Elm |
see Airport (7032 Elmwood Av) |
Elm |
see Bridesburg (2747 Bridge St.) |
Elrae see Ritz (2235 Orthodox) |
Elrae |
see also Earle |
Embassy |
see Airport (7032 Elmwood Av) |
Empire Palace Theater |
2846 Frankford Av. |
|
[1910-1914] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Empire Theater |
1111 Market St. |
|
[1909-1913] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[S] |
Empire |
Broad & Locust St. |
1,590 seats |
[1891-1898] |
closed |
Willis Hale |
[L] |
replaced by Walton Hotel 1898 |
Empire (2nd) |
4650 Frankford Av. |
|
[1901-1928] |
Closed |
Nasehold & Knutzen (1909) |
[D] |
Empress Theater |
1811 N 17th St. |
490 seats |
[1905-1950] |
Closed |
Hoffman & Henon (1914) |
[M] |
Empress |
see Riviera (4441 Main st.) |
Eric I & II Chestnut Hill |
Eric I & II Fern Rock |
see Fern Rock (6017 N 5th) |
Eric I & II Ivy Ridge |
Eric I & II Rittenhouse Square |
see Rittenhouse Square (1907-11 Walnut St) |
Eric Mark I |
see Mark I (18th & Market) |
Eric on the Campus I, II & III, University City |
see The Bridge/Rave University City 6 Theater |
Eric Fern Rock I & II |
see Fern Rock |
Eric's Place |
see Trans-Lux |
Erlanger Theater |
20th & Market Sts. |
1,890 seats |
[1927-1978] |
Demolished |
Hoffman & Henon |
[L] |
Erlen Theater |
1814 W Cheltenham Av. |
1,700 seats |
[1930-1985] |
Closed |
Wm. H Lee, Armand Carroll |
[M] |
Erien Theater, Atmospheric style |
closed & demolished |
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|
|
|
|
Esquire |
see Grange |
|
|
|
|
|
Eureka Theater |
40th & Market Sts. |
450 seats |
[1913-1970] |
Demolished |
Stearns & Castor |
[M] |
Europa |
see Regent (1632 Market St) |
|
|
|
|
|
Fairhill Church Theater |
6th St & Lehigh Ave. |
|
[1914-1917] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Fairmount Theater |
2601 Girard Av. |
1,243 seats |
[1913-1959] |
Closed |
Smith & Ericsson |
[S] |
Fairyland Theater |
12th St & Market St. |
|
[1904-1908] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Fairyland Theater |
1319 Market St. |
|
[1909-1913] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Falls Theater |
120 Midvale Av. |
480 seats |
[1919-1929] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Family Theater |
9th & Columbia Av. |
|
[1910-1916] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Family Theater |
1651 N Eighth St. |
|
[1909-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Family Theater |
1236 Ridge Av. |
|
[1909-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Family Theater (had been Bijou Dream, later the Apollo) |
1311 Market St. |
547 seats |
[1908-1969] |
Demolished |
|
[S] |
Fays Theater |
4032 Market St. |
1,820 seats |
[1914-1964] |
Closed, demolished 1964 |
|
[S] |
(opened 1914 as Knickerbocker; |
Fay's 1919-1948; Fans 1948-1963, |
|
|
demolished 1964) |
|
[L] |
Federal Hall |
17th & Federal Sts. |
|
[1870-1901] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Felton Theater |
4800 Rising Sun Av (at Loudon). |
1,362 seats |
[1919-1964] |
Closed |
Magaziner Eberhard & Harris |
[M] |
Fern Rock Theater |
6017 N Fifth St. |
1,289 seats |
[1928-1992] |
Closed |
Hodgens & Hill |
[S] |
later known as Eric Fern Rock I & II |
Fifty-Sixth Street (see 56th Street Theater) |
56th & Delancey Sts. |
983 seats |
[1916-1964] |
Closed |
Van Artsdalen |
[M] |
Fifty-Eighth Street (58th) |
58th St. & Woodland Av. |
480 seats |
[1920-1925] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Filbert Theater |
32 N Eighth St. |
|
[1905-1919] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[n] |
Florentine Hall |
1923 W Susquehanna Av. |
|
[1911-1914] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Forepaugh's (f/k/a Bijou) |
253 N. 8th St. |
1,300 seats |
[1877-1960] |
|
|
[M] |
Forest (first) |
Broad & Sansom Sts. |
1,820 seats |
[1907-1927] |
Closed |
Marshall & Fox |
[L] |
replaced by Fidelity Trust |
Forest (2nd) |
11th & Walnut Sts. |
1,889 seats |
[1928-present] |
replaced earlier Forest on Broad St. |
|
[L] |
Forest Theater |
913 Girard Av. |
493 seats |
[1913-1935] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Forty-Second Street |
|
|
[1915-?] |
|
|
[M] |
Forty-Eighth Street |
|
|
[1921-?] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Forum Theater |
2208 Market St. |
250 seats |
[1975-present?] |
Closed |
Adult Theater |
[M] |
Forum Theater |
5231 Frankford Ave |
1,729 seats |
[1928-?] |
Closed, demolished |
Wm. H Lee |
[SA] |
later became Xtasy(see Ellis, Xtasy) |
Fox Theater |
16th & Market Sts. |
2,423 seats |
[1923-1980] |
Demolished 1980, was Live Theater |
|
[M] |
Fox (2nd Fox) |
Broad & Locust Sts. |
|
[1927-?] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Frankford Hippodrome Theater |
3054 Frankford Av. |
|
[1910-1916] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Frankford Opera |
Paul & Unity Sts. |
|
[1885-1910] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Frankford Theater |
4711 Frankford Av. |
1,595 seats |
[1914-1955] |
Closed |
John D Allen |
[S] |
Franklin Mills 14 |
149 Franklin Mills Cir. |
3.636 seats |
[1997-present] |
AMC Theaters |
|
[M] |
(Knights & Woodhaven Rds.) |
|
Franklin Mills Mall 10 |
903 Franklin Mills Cir. (Knights & Mechanicsville Rds. |
|
[1991-1997] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
| (north of the mall) now a church
Franklin Theater |
753 S Third St. |
684 seats |
[1912-1931] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[M] |
Franklin Theater |
1205 N 52nd St. |
|
[1911-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Franklin Theater |
3551 N Fifth St. |
|
[1909-1916] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Franklin Theater, Franklin Institute |
222 N 20th St. |
350 seats |
[?] |
open |
a/k/a Stearns or Tuttleman |
[I] |
Frolic Theater |
52nd & Wyalusing Av. |
560 seats |
[1914-1956] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Galard Theater (see Carman) |
3226 Germantown Av. |
600 seats |
[1920-1929] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Garbo |
Darby St. |
|
[?-1935] |
Closed |
|
[?] |
Garden Theater |
4th & Spring Garden Sts. |
1,000 seats |
[1923-1938] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Garden Theater |
5300 Lansdowne Av. |
500 seats |
[1914-1916] |
|
|
[M] |
Garrick |
1330 Chestnut St. |
1,561 seats |
[1901-1936] |
|
(lobbies: W. Hale; auditorium: J.McElfatrick) |
[L] |
Gayety |
237 N. 8th St. |
1,425 seats |
[1892-1953] |
demolished 1953 |
Geo. Plowman |
[E] |
GCC Northeast 4 |
(see Northeast) Closed, burned |
Gem Theater |
1632 Germantown Av. |
411 seats |
[1914-1954] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Gem Theater |
1709 N. Croskey |
400 seats |
[1910-1931] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
Hodgens & Hill |
[S] |
Gem Theater |
1532 W. Passyunk Av. |
|
[1909-1912] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
Carl Berger |
[D] |
Gem |
1619 South St. |
|
[1910-1913] |
(later named Olympia) |
Carl Berger |
[D] |
German |
Marshall & Girard Av. |
1,000 seats |
[1906-?] |
Demolished |
Carl Berger |
[D] |
Germantown Theater |
5508 Germantown Av. |
1,168 seats |
[1910-1953] |
Closed |
a/k/a:Vernon Druckenmiller & Stackhouse
| [M] |
Germantown Opera House |
4900 Germantown Av. |
|
[1883-?] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Gilmore’s Auditorium |
809 Walnut St. |
2,346 seats |
[1893-1935] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
(J.D. Allen, A. Sauer, 1905) –
| [L] |
Girard Amusements |
2525 Girard Av. |
|
[1912-1914] |
Closed |
|
|
Girard Avenue Theater (a/k/a:Girard) |
621-25 W. Girard Av. |
900 seats |
[1891-1964] |
Closed |
J McElfatrick |
[M] |
Gladstone |
Annin & 17th Sts. |
480 seats |
[1925-1955] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Glen Theater |
463 W Glenwood Av. |
|
[1909-1915] |
Closed |
|
[?] |
Globe |
Annin & 17th Sts. |
480 seats |
[1925-1955] |
Closed |
(had opened as Gladstone) |
[M] |
Globe Theater |
Juniper St & Market St. |
1,710 seats |
[1914-1929] |
Closed |
Hoffman Co. |
[S] |
Globe Theater |
5910 Market St. |
720 seats |
[1910-1935] |
Closed |
Hoffman & Henon (1919) |
[M] |
Globe Theater |
1136 S 17th St. |
455 seats |
[1914-1929] |
Closed |
Leroy B Rothschild |
[M] |
Goldman Theater |
15th & Chestnut Sts. |
1,300 |
[1946-1984] |
Closed |
Supowitz & Lee |
[M] |
Grand Opera House |
Broad & Montgomery Av. |
3,085 seats |
[1888-1940] |
Closed, demolished |
|
[CS] |
(a/k/a Nixon’s Grand) |
(renovations: Geo. Plowman & |
|
|
Thomas Lamb, 1913, |
Hoffman & Henon, 1923) |
[L] |
Grand Show |
3178 Richmond St. |
|
[1909-1918] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[S] |
Grand Theater |
5206 Market St. |
471 seats |
[1914-1921] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Grand Theater |
2026 S. 7th (at Snyder Av.).. |
950 seats |
[1912-1962] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Grange Theater (later the Esquire) |
5717 N Broad St. |
1,000 seats |
[1934-1970] |
Closed |
Leroy Rothschild |
[M] |
Grant Plaza (UA Grant Plaza 9) |
1619 Grant Av. |
|
[1994-present] |
open |
United Artists |
[T] |
Grant Theater (a/k/a the Dell) |
4024 W. Girard Av. |
900 seats |
[1922-1955] |
Closed |
Hoffman & Henon |
[M] |
Great Northern Theater |
3639 N Broad St. |
1,058 seats |
[1913-1953] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Green Hill Theater |
6217 Lancaster Av (at 63rd St). |
500 seats |
[1947-1958] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Greenway Theater |
5130 Greenway Av. |
690 seats |
[1914-1964] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Hamilton |
5928 Lansdowne Av. |
900 seats |
[1913-1967] |
(J.J. Anderson) |
|
[M] |
Hammerstein’s Metropolitan Opera House |
see Metropolitan Opera House |
Happy Hour Theater |
2918 Wharton St. |
|
[1910-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Harold Prince (Zellerbach Center) |
37th & Walnut |
165 seats |
[1971-present] |
Vincent Kling |
|
[L] |
Harrowgate Theater |
3421 Kensington Av.- 1,013 seats |
|
[1923-1954] |
Closed |
now skating rink? |
[M] |
Haverford Theater |
456 N 60th St. |
630 seats |
[1912-1957] |
Closed |
became 60th St Theater |
[M] |
Hill Theater |
8320 Germantown Av. |
497 seats |
[1914-1969] |
Closed |
had opened as Belvedere in 1914 |
[M] |
Hippo Theater |
Lehigh Av. & Salmon St. |
1,000 seats |
[1914-1918] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Hippodrome Theater |
610 South St. |
505 seats |
[1909-1930] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
opened as Ripley Music Hall in 1909 |
renamed Hippodrome Palace, then Hippodrome |
|
|
|
|
|
Holiday Art Theater |
4204 Kensington Av. |
920 seats |
[1922-2007] |
Closed |
William H Lee |
[A] |
(see Art Holiday or Ace) |
a/k/a:Windsor, Ace, Holiday, Art Holiday |
|
|
|
|
|
Hollywood Theater |
2848 N 22nd St. |
499 seats |
[1912-1960] |
Closed |
Magaziner, Eberhard & Harris |
[M] |
Holme Theater |
7935 (or 8049) Frankford Av. |
400 (old)/1,364 (new) seats |
[1919-1929] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Holme |
8049 Frankford Av. |
400 seats |
[1919-1929] |
Closed |
Wm. H. Lee |
[S] |
Holme |
8049 Frankford Av. |
1,364 seats |
[1929-1951] |
Closed |
later the Pennypack |
[M] |
Horticultural Hall |
250 S. Broad St. |
1,050 seats |
[1867-1917] |
|
|
[C] |
destroyed by fire in 1881 then rebuilt, burned again 1893. |
Replaced by the Sam S. Shubert Memorial Theater in 1918 |
|
|
|
|
|
Howard Theater |
2614 N Front St. |
900 seats |
[1925-1953] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Howard Theater |
3405 N Front St. |
|
[1912-1913] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Howard |
2416 N. Front St. |
900 seats |
[1925-1963] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Howards |
3405 N. Front St. |
|
[1912-1913] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Karlton Theater |
1412 Chestnut St. |
1,060 seats |
[1921-1954] |
Closed |
Hoffman & Henon |
[M/L] |
became the Midtown and later the Prince |
Music Theater (see Midtown) |
Keiths Theater |
1116 Chestnut St. |
2,273 seats |
[1902-1971] |
Closed |
Albert E Westover |
[M/L] |
Keith’s |
1116 Chestnut St. |
2,273 seats |
[1902-1971] |
Closed, demolished |
Albert Westover |
[V/M] |
a/k/a Chestnut Street Keith’s, |
and Grand Entrance Hall and the Randolph Theater |
Keith’s Bijou |
8th & Race Sts. |
1200 seats |
[1889-?] |
went from vaudeville to burlesque |
|
[V,L] |
Kent Theater |
2449 Kensington Av. |
1,932 seats |
[1928-1989] |
Closed, demolished |
Hoffman & Henon |
[LSM] |
Began as the People's Theater |
(2,250 seats) became Desmond, |
|
then became Kent |
see People’s Theater
| |
[MSL] |
Keystone Market Theater |
1203 N Third St. |
|
[1909-1912] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Keystone Picture Theater |
2545 E. Dauphin St. |
|
[1912-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Keystone Theater |
1024-30 W Lehigh Av. |
1,884 seats |
[1911-1959] |
Closed |
Albert E Westover |
[S] |
Keystone Theater |
937 South St. |
400 seats |
[1919-1947] |
Closed |
Joseph Levin |
[M] |
Keystone Theater |
4813 Woodland Av. |
|
[1908-1910] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Kimmel Center |
Broad & Spruce Sts. |
3,150 seats |
[2001-present] |
open |
|
[C] |
includes 2,500 seat Verizon Hall and 650 seat Perelman Theater |
Kiralfy’s Alhambra Palace |
Broad & Locust Sts. |
1,406 seats |
[1876-1937] |
Closed, demolished1937 |
later became Broad St Theater |
[L] |
Knickerbocker |
see Fays |
Kopia Theater |
4905 Parkside Av. |
Lafayette Theater |
2914 Kensington Av. |
1,364 seats |
[1913-1939] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Lailson’s AmphiTheater |
5th & Locust Sts. |
|
[1797-?] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Lancaster Theater |
4545 Lancaster Av. |
|
[1913-1928] |
Closed |
JE Jackson |
[M] |
Lane Theater |
67th Av. & Broad St. |
697 seats |
[1938-1975] |
David Supowitz |
|
[M] |
Lawndale Theater |
Rising Sun Av & Fanshawe St. |
1,217 seats |
[1922-1964] |
Closed |
Ballinger Co. |
[M] |
Leader Theater |
4102 Lancaster Av. |
988 seats |
[1912-1968] |
Closed |
John D Allen |
[S] |
Legion Theater |
1616 Orthodox St. |
1,000 seats |
[1919-1930] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Lehigh Theater |
927 W Lehigh Av. |
499 seats |
[1908-1929] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Lehigh Theater |
2516 W Lehigh Av. |
490 seats |
[1912-1955] |
Closed |
GJ Reich |
[M] |
Lemions Parlor |
1517 Moyamensing Av. |
|
[1914-1918] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Lenox Theater |
5410 Chester Ave. |
984 seats |
[1927-1962] |
Closed |
David Supowitz |
[M] |
Leo Theater |
18th St & Ridge Ave. |
250 seats |
[1908-1927] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Leo Mall Twin |
11725 Bustleton Ave. |
|
[1980-1990] |
Closed, Demolished |
|
[T] |
a/k/a Leo I & II |
between Bustleton Ave & Byberry Rd. near Hendrix St. [T] |
Leonhardt Theater |
2905 N Front St. |
|
[1908-1911] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[S] |
Levis |
see Princess (508 South St.) |
Liberty Theater |
3526 Longshore Av. |
|
[1912-1922] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Liberty Theater |
6812-18 Torresdale Av. |
1,484 seats |
[1921-1960] |
Closed |
(NEC Torresdale & Knorr) |
[S] |
Liberty Theater |
1425 Columbia Av. |
1,731 seats |
[1910-1974] |
Closed, demolished |
Albert E Westover |
[S] |
Lincoln Theater (see Dunbar) |
Broad & Lombard Sts. |
1,400 seats |
[1919-1955] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Lincoln Drive-in |
2707 Roosevelt Blvd. |
1,000 cars |
[1948-1980] |
Closed, demolished |
Trevose, PA |
[D] |
Lincoln Theater |
5th & Christian Sts. |
500 seats |
[1914-1919] |
Closed |
Fred Greisler |
[S] |
Lindley Theater |
4902 N Fifth St. |
1,151 seats |
[1921-1958] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Lindy Theater |
6902 Elmwood Av. |
1,430 seats |
[1925-1955] |
Closed |
William H Lee |
[M] |
Little Grand Theater |
1719 N Broad St. |
|
[1910-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[A] |
Little Theater |
2222 Market St. |
219 seats |
[1925-1934] |
Closed |
|
[A] |
Locust Theater |
224 S. 52nd (at Locust) St. |
1,400 seats |
[1914-?] |
Closed |
Stuckert & Sloan |
[VML] |
52nd St & Locust Sts |
acquired by Bushfire Performing Arts Group in 1977, renamed Bushfire Theater, 428 seats |
Locust Street |
1411 Locust (at Broad) St. |
1,580 seats |
[1927-1982] |
open |
|
[L] |
Logan Theater |
4732 N Broad St. |
1,894 seats |
[1924-1964] |
Closed |
Hoffman & Henon |
[S] |
Lorraine Theater |
1028 Fairmount Av. |
500 seats |
[1927-1935] |
Closed |
EB Medoff |
[M] |
Lubins Theater |
926 Market St. |
|
[1898 or 1907-1910] |
Closed, Nickelodeon (a/k/a Lubin’s Cineograph) |
|
[ ] |
Luzerne Theater |
Old York Rd. |
|
[1913-1914] |
Closed |
|
[ ] |
Lyceum Theater |
6053 Ridge Av (at Lyceum) |
|
[1912-1913] or [1854-1918] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Lyric Amusement |
1740 N Croskey St. |
|
[1911-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Lyric Theater |
816 S Tenth St. |
|
[1910-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Lyric Theater |
2200 N Broad St |
|
[1909-1910] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Lyric Theater |
1231 E Columbia Av. |
|
[1914-1918] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Lyric Theater |
37 E Main St. |
|
[1911-1936] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Lyric Theater (a/k/a:New Lyric) |
5123 Germantown Av. |
1,000 seats |
[1914-1971] |
Closed |
John Allen |
[M] |
originally named the Manheim |
later the New Lyric Theater |
|
|
|
|
|
Lyric Theater |
201 Morris St. |
475 seats |
[1914-1957] |
Closed |
RP Brodley |
[M] |
Lyric |
Broad & Cherry Sts. |
1,629 seats |
[1905-1937] |
demolished |
James Windrim |
[L] |
was demolished in 1937 |
and was the twin of Adelphi |
|
|
|
|
|
Magnet Theater |
2616 W. Girard |
245 seats |
[1910-1915] |
Closed |
(opened 1910 as Casino Theater) |
[S] |
Main Street 6 (UA) |
3720 Main St. |
1,300 seats (6 plex) |
[1997-present] |
open |
Bart Blatstein, United Artists |
[M] |
Majestic Amusement |
265 N Eighth St. |
|
[1909-1915] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Majestic Theater |
5940 Haverford Av. |
|
[1909-1910] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Mammoth Theater |
2500 A St. |
|
[1910-1913] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Mammoth Theater |
527 W Girard Av. |
700 seats |
[1909-1937] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Marconi Theater |
1218 S Eighth St. |
|
[1914-1916] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[n] |
Manayunk |
see UA Main St 6 Manayunk |
|
|
open |
|
[T] |
Mann Music Centre |
52nd & Parkside |
3,934 seats |
[1976- present] |
open |
|
[C] |
Mannheim | see Lyric |
Mark I Theater (Eric Mark I) |
18th St & Market St. |
611 seats |
[1970-1989] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Market |
see 333 Theater (333 Market St.) |
Mask and Wig |
310 S Quince St. |
|
[1894-?] |
Closed |
now a banquet hall |
[L] |
Mastbaum Theater |
20th & Market Sts. |
4,746 seats |
[1929-1958] |
Closed, demolished |
Hoffman & Henon |
[M] |
originally to be called the Jules, closed in 1958 |
and demolished the same year |
Mayfair Theater |
7300 Frankford Av (at Cottman Av) |
1,509 seats |
[1936-1985] |
Closed |
David Supowitz |
[M] |
Mayfair Theater (a/k/a:New Mayfair) |
5915-19 Market St. |
1,100 seats |
[1937-1985] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Melodeon |
6th & Chestnut Sts. |
|
[1854-1861] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Merben Theater |
7145 Frankford Av. |
2,100 seats |
[1950-1977] |
Demolished |
Shapiro & AD Magaziner |
[M] |
Merriam Theater |
see Sam S. Shubert |
Messina Theater |
705 Christian St. |
248 seats |
[1910-1922] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Metropolitan Theater |
2042 N Front St. |
3,482 seats |
[1908-1915] |
Closed |
Wm. McElfatrick |
[S] |
Metropolitan Opera House |
Broad & Poplar |
3,482 seats |
[1908-?] |
Closed |
Wm. McElfatrick |
[C] |
– originally called the Philadelphia Opera House |
Theater remains unused | |
Midget Bijou Theater |
41 S 52nd St. |
|
[1910-1915] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Midway |
1819-23 E. Allegheny Av. |
2,724 seats |
[1932-1979] |
closed 1977, demolished 1979 |
|
[SM] |
Magaziner, Eberhard & Harris; |
NEC Kensington & Allegheny Aves. |
|
|
now a fast food place |
|
|
Midtown Theater |
|
1,500 seats |
[?] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Midtown |
1412 Chestnut St. |
596 seats |
[1954-1999] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
(had opened at the Karlton location in 1954; became the Midtown |
and was twinned, closed and later became Prince Music Theater) |
Milgram Theater |
see Stanton (1620 Market) |
| Milgram |
Mirror Theater |
Fifth & Reed Sts. |
|
[1912-1913] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Model Theater |
425 South St. |
778 seats |
[1911-1958] |
Closed |
Wm. H. Lee (1930s) |
[S] |
Montgomery Theater |
523 E Girard Av. |
650 seats |
[1912-1936] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Moore Theater |
415 Moore St. |
|
[1914-1915] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Morris Theater |
835 Morris St. |
|
[1913-1928] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Morris |
2029 E. 3rd St. |
|
[1920-1935] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Mummers Museum |
1000 S. 2nd St. |
|
[1976- present] |
open |
|
[L] |
Municipal Auditorium |
3400 Civic Centre Blvd. |
13,500 seats |
[1931-1996] |
Closed, demolished 2005 |
Philip Johnson |
[W] |
Musee Theater |
127 N Eighth St. |
|
[1904-1907] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Musee Theater Parlor |
3064 Richmond Av. |
|
[1909-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Musical Fund Hall |
806 Locust |
800 seats |
[1824-1979] |
Closed |
Wm. Strickland |
[C] |
Mystic Maze Theater |
2242 Ridge Av. |
|
[1909-1915] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Mystic Maze Theater |
2112 N Front St. |
|
[1908-1910] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
National Palace Theater |
1332 S Fifth St. |
|
[1912-1915] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
National (2nd National) |
9th & Chestnut Sts. |
|
[1874-1916] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
National (1st National) |
10th & Callowhill Sts. |
2,415 seats |
[1874-1916] |
Closed |
|
[EL] |
Nelson Theater |
10th St & Ritner Sts. |
380 seats |
[1926-1932] |
Closed |
JC Manz |
[M] |
New |
see Chestnut St |
New Alden |
see Alden (3641 Midvale) |
New Broadway Theater |
see Broadway (Hope/Front & York Sts.) |
1,000 seats |
[1914-1955] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
New Circus |
825 Walnut St. In 1809 |
renamed Olympic, in 1820 |
became the Walnut St. Theater |
in 1822 became Olympic again |
and in 1827 became Philadelphia Theater |
|
New Dixie |
see Dixie (1224 Point Breeze Av.) |
New Doris |
see Doris (49th & Woodland) |
New Drop Theater |
1034 E Columbia Av. |
|
[1914-1916] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
New Empress |
see Empress (1811 S. 17th St.) |
New Forest |
see Forest (913 Girard Av.) |
New Forrest |
Walnut St [1927] |
New Garden Theater |
Eighth St & Race St. |
700 seats |
[?-1955] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
New Jewell |
1828 W. Norris St. |
440 seats |
[?-1950] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
New Jumbo |
see Jumbo |
New Locust |
see Locust |
New Lyric |
see Lyric (5123 Germantown Av.) |
New Mayfair |
see the Coliseum |
New Palace |
see Theater of the Living Arts |
New Penn |
see Penn |
|
|
|
|
[L] |
New Theater |
a/k/a:Keith's New |
|
|
Closed |
|
[L] |
New World Films |
311 N 16th St. |
|
[1932] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
News Theater |
1230 Market St. |
400 seats |
[1937-1971] |
Closed |
William H Lee |
[M] |
Nicetown Amusement Theater |
4301 N Eighth St. |
|
[1908-1911] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
941 Theater |
941 N. Front St. |
150 seats |
[1963-1985] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Nixon Theater |
28 S 52nd St. |
1,870 seats |
[1910-1984] |
Closed, demolished 1984 |
JD Allen |
[M] |
Nixon Grand | see Grand Opera House |
Non Pariel Theater |
3361 Kensington Av. |
|
[1910-1915] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Norris Theater |
1826 W Norris St. |
465 seats |
[1912-1947] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
North Theater Auditorium |
2805 W Dauphin St. |
|
[1912-1915] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Northeast Cinema |
Roosevelt Blvd & Welsh Rd. |
2,000 seats (4) |
[1955-2000] |
“demolished” 2004 |
|
[T] |
Northeast (GCC Northeast 4) |
Welsh Rd & Roosevelt Blvd. |
2,000 seats (4) |
[1955-2000] |
“demolished” 2004 |
General Cinema |
[T] |
Northeastern Theater |
6031 Torresdale Av. |
850 seats |
[1919-1958] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Northern Liberties |
Front & Noble Sts. |
|
[1790-1791] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
North Pole (see Penn) |
1426 South St. |
|
[1909-1914] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Ogontz Theater |
6033-37 Ogontz Av. |
1,777 seats |
[1927-1988] |
Closed |
Magaziner, Eberhard & Harris |
[S] |
Old Academy Playhouse |
3544 Indian Queen |
125 seats |
[1932-present] |
open |
|
[D] |
Old Drury Theater |
see Chestnut Street Theater |
125 seats |
[?-1820] |
burned down in 1820 |
|
[L] |
Olde City Cinemas |
127 Sansom St. |
800 seats |
[1981-present] |
Closed |
see Ritz East |
[T] |
opened in 1981 as Budco Old City Twin |
closed, reopend May 21, 1999 as Ritz East |
Olney Theater |
5613 N Fifth St. |
499 seats |
[1919-1925] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
built in shell of 1856 National |
Hall (destroyed by fire 1874) |
Olympia Theater |
711 S Broad St. |
500 seats |
[1912-1929] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Olympia Theater (a/k/a Gem or Olympic) |
1619 South St. |
|
[1911-1914] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Olympic Theater |
see Walnut Street Theater, New Circus |
Olympic (2nd) |
1224 Market St. |
2,100 seats |
[1873-1874] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Olympic (3rd) |
early 1900s; theater used for burlesque |
Ontario |
|
|
[1920-1925] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Opera House, see Southwark Theater |
Orient Theater |
6149 Woodland Av. |
628 seats |
[1915-1954] |
Closed |
CE Futcher |
[M] |
Oriental Vaudeville Theater |
7045 Woodland Av. |
|
[1910-1915] |
Closed, Demolished 2007 |
|
[V] |
Orleans 1-4 Theaters |
2247 Bleigh Av. |
900 seats |
[1963-2007] |
Demolished 2007 |
|
[T] |
Orleans 5-8 Theaters |
2247 Bleigh Av. |
2,875 seats |
[1984-2007] |
Demolished 2007 |
|
[T] |
Orleans 8 at Bleigh & Bustleton |
had a total of 3,775 seats in 2007 |
Orpheum Theater |
42 W. Chelten Av. |
1,706 seats |
[1912-1967] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
John D Allen, Sauer & Hahn |
[S] |
Orpheus Theater |
5159 Haverford Av. |
|
[1909-1910] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Overbrook Theater |
6242 Haverford Av. |
1,000 seats |
[1914-1957] |
[M] |
|
[M] |
Owl Theater |
2300 Grays Ferry Av. |
499 seats |
[1913-1928] |
Closed, |
Dickinson II |
[M] |
Oxford Theater |
7209 Rising Sun Av. |
1,964 seats |
[1928-1975] |
Closed |
Ellis Groben |
[S] |
Palace of Amusement |
1019 Market St. |
|
[1906-1908] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Palace Theater |
1214 Market St. |
1,106 seats |
[1908-1971] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
renovated by P. Henon, 1911 & |
then Wm. H. Lee, 1945) |
Palace Theater |
222 E Girard Av. |
|
[1909-1921] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Palace Theater |
2926 Richmond St. |
|
[1910-1919] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Palace Theater |
4140 Aspen St. |
|
[1912-1921] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Palace Theater |
Kensington Ave & G St. |
|
[1909-1911] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Palace Theater |
4254 Main St. |
|
[1911-1915] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Palace Theater |
2809 N Fifth St |
|
[1910-1915] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Palace |
see Theater of the Living Arts/TLA |
Palace (AMC Palace) |
1812 Chestnut (see Eighteen-Twelve) |
Palm |
Frankford & Norris St. |
852 to 1,902 seats |
1887 or 1912-1970 |
Closed |
|
[E] |
became a furniture store in 1954 |
and was demolished in 1970 |
Parisian Varieties |
11th & Wood Sts. |
|
[1876-?] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Park |
see Arch Street Opera House and Trocadero |
Park Theater |
Broad & Fairmount Av. |
1,694 seats |
[1869-1968] |
demolished |
J. Elfatrick |
[E] |
(became a burlesque house in 1911, was demolished in 1968; |
the 2nd Park theater was built in 1876 at 17th & Ridge) |
Park Theater |
17th & Ridge Av. |
|
[1876-?] |
|
|
[L] |
Park Theater |
3235 Ridge Av. |
1,000 seats |
[1913-1927] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Park Theater |
3102 W Diamond St. |
500 or 1,654 seats |
[1927-1971] |
Closed |
William H Lee |
[M] |
Parkwood Theater |
Academy & Byberry Rds. |
1,000 (twin) |
[1962-1985] |
Closed |
Parkwood Shopping Center |
[M] |
Paschall Theater |
7103 Woodland Av. |
499 seats |
[1919-1928] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Pastime Theater |
1420 Point Breeze Av. |
600-800 seats |
[1911-1953] |
Closed |
E. Wilson(1923) |
[M] |
Pearl Theater |
2047-59 Ridge Av. |
1,400 seats |
[1927-1963] |
Closed |
JK Long |
[S] |
Pearl Theater at Avenue North |
1600 N. Broad St | .
1,488 seats (7 screens) |
[2006-present] |
open since Dec. 5, 2006 |
on Temple U. main campus |
[T] |
Pekin Theater |
2104 South St. |
|
[1908-1915] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Pelham |
1426 S. 6th St |
465 seats |
[?-1930] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Penn Art Theater |
2335 Ridge Av. |
|
[1908-1913] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Penn Theater |
1426 S Sixth St. |
1,657 seats |
[1920-1951] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Penn Theater |
24th & Brown Sts. |
468 seats |
[1913-1956] |
Closed |
later called New Penn |
[M] |
was Washington 1913-1920, Washington Palace 1920-1928, |
24th St. Theater 1928-1931, Penn Theater in 1931 and finally |
| | |
the New Penn Theater from 1931 to 1936 | |
Pennsylvania |
2nd & Coates |
|
[1836-1849] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Pennsylvania Museum |
8th & Market Sts. |
|
[1826-?] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Pennypack Theater |
8049 Frankford Av. |
750 seats |
[1929-1951] |
Closed |
William H Lee |
[M] |
a/k/a:Holme, Penypak (see Holme) |
People’s Theater |
2449 Kensington Av. |
2,250 seats |
[1890-1967] |
demolished |
Geo. Plowman |
[E] |
renamed Desmond in 1924, gutted in 1928 |
and turned into Kent Theater |
Percivals Theater |
50 N Eighth St. |
|
[1906-1910] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Perelman Theater |
see Kimmel Center |
Philadelphia Cabaret Theater |
507 South 8th Street |
99 seats |
[?] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Philadelphia Playhouse |
Broad & Wood Sts |
300 seats |
[1965-1991] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Philadelphia Projecting Theater |
44 N Ninth St. |
|
[1913-1915] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Philadelphia Theater |
see New Circus |
Philmont Cinema |
11024 Rennard St. |
350 seats |
[?-1986] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Photoplay Theater |
1918 N Front St. |
|
[1913-1916] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[S] |
Photoplay Theater |
52nd St & Market St. |
|
[1914-1915]
| Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Picture Theater |
17th St & McKean St. |
|
[1914-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Pike Theater |
6th & Pike Sts. (551 Pike St). |
496 seats |
[1913-1960] |
Closed
| |
[M] |
Pix |
? |
? |
[?-1955] |
Closed |
|
[?] |
Playhouse in the Park |
Belmont & Chamounix (Fairmount Park) |
1,437 seats |
[1952-present] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Plaza Theater |
2437 S Broad St. |
1,472 seats |
[1907-1955] |
Closed |
C Oelschlager |
[S] |
Plaza |
Porter St. |
|
[?-1945] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Plumsted’s Playhouse |
|
|
[1749-1849] |
demolished mid-19th century |
|
[L] |
Poplar Theater |
902 N Sixth St. |
858 seats |
[1916-1950] |
Closed |
Carl Berger |
[M] |
Point Breeze |
1638 Point Breeze |
1,200 seats |
[1911-1953] |
Closed |
(see Breeze) |
[M] |
Pork |
? |
? |
[?-1925] |
Closed |
|
[?] |
Port of History Museum Concert Hall |
Delaware & Walnut St. |
500 seats |
[1982-present] |
open |
Penn's Landing |
[C] |
Posel |
|
|
[?-1925] |
(see also Leo Mall Twin) |
|
[?] |
Premier Theater |
6011 Market St. |
|
[1909-1913] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Premier Theater |
1320 Point Breeze Av. |
460 seats |
[1912-1931] |
Closed |
C. Oelschlager |
[M] |
President Theater |
2308 Snyder Av (at 23rd). |
1,000 seats |
[1936-1975] |
Closed, Live Theater |
|
[L] |
Prince Music Theater |
1412 Chestnut St. |
596 seats |
[1921-present] |
open |
Hoffman-Henon |
[L] |
see Midtown or Karlton (1412 Chestnut Street) |
a/k/a Prince Theater |
Princess Theater |
1018 Market St. |
446 seats |
[1911-1954] |
Closed |
Hoffman & Henon(1919) |
[M] |
Princess Theater |
508 South St. |
|
[1910-1917] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Prune Street |
518 Locust St. |
|
[1820-1830] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Public Ledger Concert |
6th & Chestnut Sts. |
400 seats |
[1927-1930] |
Closed |
|
[C] |
Puerto Rico |
see Diamond |
|
|
|
|
[M] |
Randolph |
1116 Chestnut St. |
2,273 seats |
[1901-1971] |
Closed |
(opened as Chestnut St. Keith's) |
[VM] |
Rave University City 6 Theater |
230 S. 40th St. |
|
[2002-present] |
|
(originally called The Bridge) |
[M] |
Regal Theater |
5413 Oxford Av. |
700 seats |
[1935-1968] |
Closed |
C Dingleman |
[M] |
Regency I & II |
1625 Chestnut St. |
1,200 seats |
[1966-1987] |
Closed, demolished |
Thalheimer & Waltz |
[T] |
(NWC 16th & Chestnut) |
Regent Theater |
1632 Market St. |
416 seats |
[1913-1980] |
Closed, demolished |
W Burney |
[M] |
had 5 name changes; demolished in 1980 |
at one time the area housed the |
Center, Studio, Milgram, Fox, |
Stage Door, Regency, Duke |
and Duchess Theaters |
|
|
Regis Theater |
1526 W Cumberland St. |
500 seats |
[1915-1953] |
Closed |
Henon & Boyle |
[M] |
Renel Theater |
7238 Ogontz Av. |
870 seats |
[1937-1967] |
Closed |
JA Nolan |
[M] |
Rex Theater |
Ridge Av. & Oxford St. |
475 seats |
[1924-1957] |
Closed |
Arnold H Mueller |
[M] |
Rexy Theater |
517 South St. (or 8th & South?) |
1,800-2,063 seats |
[1927-1975] |
Closed |
Ballinger Company |
[S] |
Rialto Theater |
6153 Germantown Av. |
834 seats |
[1914-1957] |
Closed |
Wm. H. Lee |
[M] |
Rio |
2011 Frankford Ave. |
500 seats |
[1935-1948] |
Closed |
opened as the Brunswick Theater |
[M] |
Richmond Theater |
3137 Richmond St. |
1,026 or 3,137 seats |
[1913-1952] |
Closed |
Allen Wilson |
[M] |
Rickett’s Amphitheater |
6th & Chestnut Sts |
|
[1795-1799] |
Closed |
a/k/a Art Pantheon |
[L] |
Ridge Avenue Theater |
1734 Ridge Av. |
930 seats |
[1919-1952] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Rising Sun Amusement |
3417 Germantown Av. |
|
[1909-1910] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Rittenhouse Square Theater |
1907-11 Walnut St. |
1,000 seats |
[1968-1994] |
Burned in 1994 |
orig. 750 seats, then twinned |
[T] |
a/k/a Eric Rittenhouse Square Theaters |
twinned, with 500 seats each |
Rittenhouse Theater |
5232 Haverford Av. |
460 seats |
[1921-1928] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Ritz at the Bourse |
400 Ranstead St. |
1,000 seats |
[1990-present] |
Cope Linder, Landmark Theaters |
|
[T] |
Ritz East Theater, a/k/a:Olde City Twin |
111 Chestnut St. |
800 seats |
[1981-present] |
open |
Landmark Theaters
| [T] |
Ritz East |
(see Olde City Cinemas) |
Ritz Five Theater (f/k/a:Ritz Three) |
214 Walnut St. (at Dock St.) |
1,350 seats |
[1976-present] |
open |
Geddef Associates, Landmark Theaters
| [T] |
Ritz Theater |
2235 Orthodox (at Tacony) St. |
480 seats |
[1913-1950] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Ritz Theater |
1106 N 40th (at Poplar) St. |
499 seats |
[1914-1952] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Ritz Theater |
6th & Hunting Park Av. (at Marshall) |
499 seats |
[1921-1952] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Riverview Plaza Stadium 17 |
1400 S. Delaware Av (Columbus Blvd). |
3,600 seats |
[1991-present] |
open |
JK Roller, Regal |
[T] |
Riviera Theater |
4411 Main St. |
1,500 seats |
[1914-1962] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
opened as the Empress, became the Riviera in 1932 |
Rivoli Theater |
52nd & Sansom Sts. |
875 seats |
[1909-1970] |
Closed |
J Nasehold |
[M] |
Rockland Theater |
4910 N Broad St. |
670-850 seats |
[1914-1970] |
Closed |
AF Schenck |
[M] |
Roosevelt Theater |
4739 Frankford Av. |
1,901 seats |
[1926-1962] |
Closed |
Hodgens & Hill |
[M] |
Rose |
151 Levering St. |
950 seats |
[?-1930] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Roxy Theater |
6189 Ridge Av. |
1,200-1,800 seats |
[1927-1981] |
Closed |
Ballinger Co. |
[M] |
on Ridge where post office is now |
Roxy Theater |
2023 Sansom St. |
260 seats |
[1975-present] |
open |
|
[TA] |
a/k/a:Aarde Cinema, Academy Screening Room |
Roxy 2 |
2021 Sansom St. |
260 seats |
[1975-present] |
open |
|
[TA] |
Roxy-Mastbaum |
see Mastbaum |
Royal Palace Theater |
Girard Av & Crease St. |
|
[1911-1921] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Royal Photoplay Theater |
1346 Ridge Av. |
|
[1914-?] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Royal Theater |
1524-34 South St. |
1,200 seats |
[1920-1970] |
Closed |
Frank E Hahn |
[M] |
now black movie house |
Ruby Theater |
618 Market St. |
360 seats |
[1914-1927] |
Closed |
Hoffman Company |
[M] |
St. George’s Hall |
1300 Arch St. |
542 seats |
[1891-1902] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Sameric |
see Boyd |
Sam’s Place 1 & 2 (see Aldine) |
1836 Chestnut St. |
1,297 seats |
[1921-1994] |
Closed |
|
[T] |
opened in 1921 as Aldine, became the Viking in 1957, |
Cinema 19 in 1967, Cinema 5 in 1975, |
| | Sam’s Place 1 & 2 in 1980
and closed in 1994 |
|
|
[T] |
San Carlos Theater |
811 Carpenter St - |
1,200 seats |
[1908-1915] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Sansom Cinema |
120 S 13th St. |
|
[1977-present] |
Adult Theater |
(gay porn) |
[TA] |
Savoia Theater |
1705-09 S Broad St. |
965 seats |
[1937-1965] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
1709 (1405 or 1600) S. Broad at Morris; |
next to what was RJ's A Different World |
Savoy Theater |
1211 Market St. |
376 seats |
[1908-1948] |
Closed |
Wm. H. Lee (1937) |
[M] |
Scenic Theater |
439 N Second St. |
|
[1910-1915] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Sedgwick Theater |
7135-37 Germantown Ave. |
1,636 seats |
[1928-1966] |
Closed |
William H Lee |
[M] |
now Sedgwick Cultural Center |
Segals Castle Theater |
Frankford Ave & Amber St. |
900 seats |
[1912-1936] |
Closed |
Hoffman & Henon |
[M] |
Segals Theater |
1323 South St. |
|
[1911-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Senate Theater |
1710 W Susquehanna Av. |
500 seats |
[1912-1962] |
Later called the Susquehanna. Closed, |
|
[M] |
Seventh Street Opera |
47 N Seventh St. |
|
[1867-1883] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Shubert Theater |
250 S Broad St. |
1,868 seats |
[1867-1883] |
|
|
[L] |
acquired by Academy of Music in 1972 and refurbished |
Shamrock Theater |
1200 S 20th St |
|
[1908-1913] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Sherwood Theater |
54th St & Baltimore Av. |
499 seats |
[1913-1951] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Shubert |
250 S. Broad St. |
1,868 seats |
[1918-?] |
|
Herbert Krapp |
[L] |
a/k/a Sam S. Shubert Memorial |
restored circa 1987 in 1991 was renamed the Merriam
| | | |
(see Horticultural Hall) |
|
Shubin Theater |
407 Bainbridge St. |
|
[?] |
|
|
[L] |
Sixtieth Street |
456 N. 60th St. |
475 seats |
[1912-1957] |
Demolished |
H. Housekeeper. Opened 1912 as the Haverford |
[M] |
61st Street Drive-In |
3201 S. 61st St. |
|
[1963-1985] |
Demolished |
Outdoor Theater |
[D] |
69th Street |
69th & Market Sts. |
1,700 seats |
[1925-1945] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Society Hill Playhouse |
507 S. 8th St. |
242 seats |
[1958-?] |
|
|
[L] |
Society Hill Theater |
South & Hancock Sts. |
|
[1759-?] |
|
|
[L] |
Solo Theater |
Stenton Av & Wister St. |
|
[1914-1929] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Somerset Theater |
26th & Somerset St. |
495 seats |
[1914-1925] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Somerset Nickelodeon |
2775 Kensington Av. |
|
[1913-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[M] |
South City Drive-in |
Broad and Wolf Sts. |
|
[1955-1975] |
Closed |
outdoor |
[D] |
South Street Theater | see Southwark Theater |
Southern Theater (or Somerset) |
1412 S Broad (at Reed) St. |
495 seats |
[1914-1952] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Southwark Theater |
South & Apollo Sts. |
|
[1766-1912] |
demolished in 1912 |
|
[L] |
Spectrum |
Broad & Pattison Av. |
19,000 seats |
[1967-2011] |
demolished |
|
[W] |
Spruce Theater |
5949 Spruce St. |
485 seats |
[1913-1965] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Stadium Theater |
3300 S Broad St. |
750 seats |
[1967-1983] |
Closed (across from Spectrum) |
|
[M] |
Stage Door Theater |
16th & Market Sts. |
495 seats |
[1971-1980] |
Demolished 1980 |
|
[M] |
Standard Theater |
1124-34 South St. |
1,500 seats |
[1889-1935] |
Closed |
JJ Hitchler |
[E/L] |
Standard (the 2nd) |
4233 Frankford Av. |
|
[1893-1918] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Stanley Theater |
1902-10 Market St. |
2,916 seats |
[1921-1973] |
Closed |
Hoffman & Henon |
[L] |
Stanton Theater |
1620 Market St. |
1,457 seats |
[1914-1980] |
Closed |
WH Hoffman |
[M] |
opened in 1914 as Stanley Theater |
renamed the Stanton in 1920 |
| | |
renamed the Milgram in 1968 | |
Star Theater |
2023 N 17th St. |
|
[1912-1915] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Star Theater |
1628 Fountain St. |
|
[1912-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Star Theater |
2640 Kensington Av. |
778 seats |
[1914-1950] |
Closed (now a church) |
Carl Berger |
[L] |
Star Theater |
1720 E Passyunk Av. |
248 seats |
[1914-1923] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Starlight Theater |
5th St & Olney Ave |
400 seats |
[1909-1922] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
State Theater |
105-07 S 52nd (at Chestnut) St. |
3,170 seats |
[1929-1967] |
Closed |
Ralph Bencker |
[M] |
State Theater |
2715 N Fifth St. |
450 seats |
[1908-1929] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Steon Horst |
|
|
[1930-1945] |
Closed |
|
[?] |
Stenton Amusement Theater |
2148 Stenton Av. |
|
[1908-1911] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Stenton Theater |
6069 Stenton Av. |
380 seats |
[1919-1922] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Strand Theater |
3601 Germantown Av. |
1,679 seats |
[1914-1971] |
Closed |
Carl Berger |
[S] |
Strand Theater |
12th St & Girard Av. |
471 seats |
[1913-1958] |
Closed |
Stuckert & Sloan |
[M] |
Stratford Theater |
1443 S Seventh St. |
700 seats |
[1913-1963] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Studio Theater |
1632 Market St. |
400 seats |
[1913-1980] |
Closed |
(see Regent) |
[M] |
Sun Theater |
2728 Federal St. |
450 seats |
[1908-1925] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Susquehanna |
17th & Susquehanna |
500 seats |
[1925-1935] |
Closed (see Senate) |
|
[S] |
Suzanne Roberts |
see Philadelphia Theater Company |
Tacony Hippodrome Theater |
3623 Longshore Av. |
550 seats |
[1912-1928] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Tavern on Camac |
243 South Camac St. |
|
[?] |
cabaret venue |
|
[L] |
Teatro delle Varieta |
1032 S. 8th. |
|
[1901-?] |
Closed |
|
[L] |
Teatro Puerto Rico |
see Cohooksink or Diamond |
Temple of Marvel Theater (1) |
3827 Fairmount Av. |
|
[1907-?] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Temple of Marvel Theater (2) |
Jefferson St & Ridge Av. |
|
[1907-?] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Temple Theater |
13th St & Tioga St. |
500 seats |
[1938-1952] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Temple Theater |
713 Chestnut |
2,200 seats |
[1885-1886] |
|
|
[L] |
Terminal Theater |
69 & Market St. |
1,000 seats |
[?-1945] |
|
|
[M] |
Theatorium |
1506 Point Breeze Av. |
|
[1909-1913] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Theater 1812 |
see Eighteen Twelve] |
|
|
|
|
[L] |
Theater of the Living Arts (TLA) |
334 South St. |
had 486 seats |
[1908-present] |
opened as Crystal Palace |
|
[C] |
Theater on Society Hill |
South & Hancock |
|
[1759] |
Closed |
lasted only one season |
[L] |
Theater of the Living Arts |
334 South St. |
486 seats |
[1908-present] |
Live Theater |
|
[C] |
Three on the Campus |
40th St & Walnut Sts. |
|
[1975-?] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Tioga Theater |
3542 N 17th St. |
1,400 seats |
[1915-?] |
Closed |
Sauer & Hahn |
[S] |
Tioga Theater |
3524 Germantown Av. |
1,400 seats |
[1909-?] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Tivoli Theater |
1121 Fairmount Av. |
382 seats |
[1913-1929] |
Closed |
Stuckert & Sloan |
[M] |
Tower Theater |
69th & Market Sts. (19 S. 69th). |
3,119 seats |
[1928-present] |
Live theater |
|
[C] |
Town Hall |
150 N Broad St. |
1,972 seats |
[1927-1983] |
Closed 1970, demolished 1983 |
H.W. Castor |
[C] |
Had 700 seat auditorium on 6th floor and |
1200 seat ballroom on 7th floor |
Towne Theater (Wayne Palace?) |
4159 Germantown Av. |
500 seats |
[1913-1952] |
Closed |
|
[C] |
Towne Playhouse |
4159 Germantown |
500 seats |
[1914-1965] |
Closed |
Rudolph & Mellowdew |
[E] |
Trans-Lux Theater |
1519 Chestnut St. |
493 seats |
[1934-1993] |
Closed, Thomas Lamb |
|
[M] |
renamed Eric's Place in 1970, |
vacant until 2006 when it reopened as a shoe store] |
Trocadero Theater |
1003-05 Arch St (at 12th St.). |
900 seats |
[1870-present] |
open |
Edwin F Durang |
[LC] |
opened as Arch Street Opera House |
a/k/a:Arch Street Theater or the Trocadero |
Tulpehocken |
6153 Germantown Av. |
|
[1914-1931] |
Closed |
|
[MS] |
Tuttleman IMAX Theater, a/k/a:Tuttleman Omniverse |
222 N 20th St. |
350 seats |
[1990-present] |
open |
The Franklin Institute |
[I] |
Tuttleman Omniverse Franklin Institute |
20th & Benj. Franklin Parkway |
350 seats |
[1990-present] |
open |
|
[I] |
Tuxedo Theater |
3949 Haverford Av. |
500 seats |
[1908-1952] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Tuxedo |
3949 Haverford Av. |
499 seats |
[1908-1952] |
|
|
[M] |
Twentieth Century Theater |
23rd & Master Sts. |
|
[1909-?] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Twentieth Century Theater |
4314 Frankford Av. |
|
[1909-?] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Twentieth Century Theater |
1643 N 27th St. |
|
[1914-?] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Twentieth Century Theater |
4258 Main St |
|
[1909-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Twentyfourth Street |
24th & Brown Sts. |
|
[1928-1931] |
was the Washington Palace (see 24th Street) |
|
[?] |
Twentyninth Street Palace |
2351 N. 29th St. |
|
[1910-1925] |
demolished |
(see 29th Street Palace) |
[S] |
Tyson Theater |
7043 Castor Av. |
650 seats |
[1940-1987] |
Closed |
David Supowitz |
[M] |
Walnut Mall Cinema III |
3925 Walnut St. |
|
[?] |
Closed |
(a/k/a Cinemagic 3 at Penn) |
[ML] |
Walnut Street Theater |
825 Walnut St. |
1,054 seats |
[1809-present] |
open - |
|
[L] |
a/k/a:Olympic, New Circus |
(renovations: John Haviland, 1828; |
|
|
Willis Hale, 1903; |
Wm. H. Lee 1920) |
[M] |
Walton Theater |
735 E Chelten Av. |
650 seats |
[1915-1978] |
Demolished |
(a/k/a Walton Art Theater) |
[M] |
Warden |
1920 Spruce |
150 seats |
[1938-present] |
|
Rbt Mills |
[C] |
Washington Hall |
3rd & Spruce Sts. |
6,000 seats |
[1816-?] |
Closed (burned down in 1823 but was restored) |
|
[L] |
Washington Museum Theater |
48 Market St. |
|
[1826-1827] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Washington Palace |
24th & Brown Sts. |
|
[1920-1928] |
became 24th Street Theater |
|
[M] |
Wayne Avenue Theater |
4910 Wayne Av. |
480 seats |
[1919-1968] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Wayne Palace |
4163 Germantown Av. |
600 seats |
[1920-1930] |
Closed |
|
[S] |
Webster Theater |
722 S 52nd St. |
|
[1909-1910] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
West Allegheny Theater |
3156 N 25th St. |
760 seats |
[1920-1950] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
West Vine Scenario Theater |
5532 Vine St. |
|
[1914-1915] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
Wharton Street Theater |
24th St & Wharton Sts. |
|
[1910-1919] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
|
[N] |
William Penn Theater |
4063 Lancaster Av. |
3,230 seats |
[1909-1931] |
Closed |
Berger & Schmid |
[S] |
Wilma Theater |
2030 Sansom St. |
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[?] |
|
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[L] |
Windsor |
4204 Kensington Av. (at Briggs). |
920 seats |
[1930-1935] |
(see Holiday Art, Ace) |
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[M] |
Wishart |
102-08 E. Allegheny Av. |
774-904 seats |
[1915-1967] |
Demolished |
Kuhn & Wm. H. Lee |
[M] |
Wissahickon Theater |
5265 Ridge Av. |
400 seats |
[1930-1950] |
Closed |
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[M] |
Woodland Avenue Palace Theater |
6334 Woodland Av. |
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[1911-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
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[N] |
Woodland Theater |
1497 S. 49th St. |
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[1910-1914] |
Closed, Nickelodeon |
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[N] |
World Theater |
19th St & Market St. |
500 seats |
[1972-1978] |
Closed |
(a/k/a the New World Theater, now a gym) |
[M] |
World Theater |
1830 Market St. |
600 seats |
[1946-1964] |
Closed |
|
[M] |
Wynne Theater | 2005 N. 54th St. (at Arlington). |
1,763 seats |
[1928-1955] |
Closed |
Hoffman & Henon |
[M] |
Xtasy |
see Ellis or Forum |
Yeadon |
541 Church Lane, Yeadon, PA |
850 seats |
[1975-2007] |
demolished |
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[M] |
Yiddish |
613 Arch St. |
300 seats |
[1887-1891] |
Closed |
Sauer & Hahn |
[L] |
York Theater |
2637 W. York St (at 26th St). |
499 to 790 seats |
[1912-1949] |
Closed |
Hoffman & Henon (1927) |
[M] |
Zellerbach |
37th & Walnut Sts. |
914 seats |
[1971-present] |
open |
Vincent Kling |
[L] |