Pantages Playhouse Theatre
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The Pantages Playhouse Theatre (French: Théâtre Pantages Playhouse) is a former vaudeville theatre in downtown Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
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Théâtre Pantages Playhouse | |
Location | 180 Market Avenue East Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 0P7 |
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Owner | City of Winnipeg |
Designation | |
Official name | Pantages Playhouse Theatre National Historic Site of Canada |
Designated | 15 November 1985 |
Municipally Designated Site | |
Designation | Winnipeg Landmark Heritage Structure |
Recognized | October 1, 2004 (2004-10-01) |
CRHP listing | May 18, 2007 (2007-05-18) |
Recognition authority | City of Winnipeg |
ID | 7367 |
Capacity | 1,475 |
Construction | |
Opened | 9 February 1914 |
Architect | George W. Northwood and B. Marcus Priteca |
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The two-storey building features a decorative façade with a lit marquee across the front, as well as classical decorative elements such as columns, brackets, frieze and cornice. The building continues to feature original interior layout and original lobby decor such as marble sheathing and decorative plaster ceiling.[1]
Of the 75 theatres once found in Pantages' chain, the theatre in Winnipeg is one of the few that have survived.[2]