The Tremont Theatre (est. 1889) was a playhouse in Boston, Massachusetts, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Henry E. Abbey and John B. SchoeffelJohn B. Schoeffel (1846–1918); married to actress Agnes Booth. "John B. Schoeffel Dies in Boston at 72; veteran manager once directed Metropolitan Opera House with H.E. Abbey and Maurice Grau." New York Times, September 1, 1918 established the enterprise and oversaw construction of its buildingAtherton Brownell. Boston Theatres of To-Day. The Bostonian, v.2, no.6, 1896 at no.176 Tremont Street in the Boston Theater District area.Boston Almanac, 1891, 1894; Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918, 1921 Managers included Abbey, Schoeffel and Grau,Boston Globe, January 22, 1893 Klaw & Erlanger,New York Times, May 14, 1914 Thos. B. Lothan and Albert M. Sheehan.New York Public Library. Programme: Tremont Theatre – Monday, May 1 – David Belasco presents "The Gold Diggers." (April 24, 1922)
A traveller's guidebook described the space in 1899: "The auditorium is 75 feet high of the same width and 80 feet deep. It is fashioned on the plan of a mammoth shell. ... The ten oddly fashioned private boxes on either side of the proscenium give a novel effect to the interior. The decoration of the main ceiling is modernized Renaissance treated in Gobelin tapestry effect and the coloring of the walls is in harmonizing shades. The stage is 73 by 45 feet, with a height of 69 feet to the rigging loft. The house has 2,000 seats."
"In 1947 the Tremont became a movie theater named the Astor and briefly, before its demise, a juice bar." "After a fire in 1983, the building was demolished."Historic New England. Tremont Theatre, Boston, Mass. postcard, c. 1907. Postmarked: August 5, 1911. "AMC Boston Common 19 Movie Theater now occupies the site."
Performances
1880s–1890s Justin McCarthy's "The Candidate," with Charles Wyndham and Mary MooreBoston Daily Globe, October 20, 1889 Sarah BernhardtNew York Times, March 10, 1891 1492 Up to Date, presented by Edward E. Rice's "Surprise party" Pauline Hall's "Puritania," music by Edgar Stillman KelleyBoston Globe, August 21, 1892Music (magazine), v.3, Jan. 1893 "Niobe," with Abbott & Teal's comedy co. Garrett P. Serviss' "Wonders of America" W.S. Gilbert's "His Excellency," with George Edwardes' Comic Opera Co.Boston Evening Transcript, March 12, 1896 "Two Little Vagrants"Boston Globe, March 26, 1897 J.M. Barrie's "The Professors Love Story," with E.S. WillardBoston Evening Transcript, December 17, 1897 "Half a King," with Francis Wilson Augustus Thomas' "The Hoosier Doctor," with Digby BellBoston Globe, April 8, 1898 Augustus Thomas' "The Jucklins," with Stuart Robson DeWolf Hopper and the Boston Cadet BandBoston Evening Transcript, May 14, 1898 De Koven and Smith's "The Highwayman," with Broadway Theatre Opera Co.
1900s Pixley & Luders' "Prince of Pilsen"Boston Globe, September 19, 1902 Winston Churchill's "The Crisis," with James K. HackettBoston Daily Globe, January 5, 1903 Roland MacDonald's "The Sword of the King," with Henrietta Crosman David Belasco & John Luther Long's "Darling of the Gods," with Blanche BatesBoston Evening Transcript, December 31, 1903 "Mr. Pickwick," with DeWolf HopperBoston Evening Transcript, December 31, 1903 The Cingalee, with Augustin Daily Musical Co.Boston Daily Globe, March 28, 1905 Jesse Lynch Williams' "The Stolen Story"The Theatre (magazine), July 1906 De Koven's "The Student King"Boston Evening Transcript – October 25, 1906 Geo. Broadhurst's "Man of the Hour"Boston Evening Transcript, April 17, 1908 Kitty Grey "A Knight for a Day"
1910s Ziegfeld Follies Cohan's "7 Keys to Baldpate"Boston Globe, January 5, 1915 D.W. Griffith's The Birth of a NationBoston Evening Transcript – June 3, 1915 Harry James Smith's "A Tailor-Made Man," with Grant MitchellBoston Globe, May 22, 1917 "Three Faces East" Winchell Smith and John E. Hazzards's "Turn to the Right" with Edgar Nelson and Jason Robards, September 17, 1917Tremont Theater program
1920s Ed Wynn CarnivalBoston Globe, February 10, 1920 Little Nellie Kelly The O'Brien Girl "Just A Minute" Phil Morris and H.C Greene -"11 scenes and 90 people" Avery Hopwood's "The Gold Diggers" "Shavings," with Harry BeresfordThis Week in Boston, September 5, 1920 "Captain Applejack," with Wallace Eddinger and Mary NashBoston Globe, December 12, 1922 "The Girl in the Spotlight"
1930s-1940s
Green Grow the Lilacs "Confidential Service" "Divorce Me, Dear"
Images
References
External links
Bostonian Society. Photo of Tremont Street parade, c. 1939–1941, with glimpse of the Tremont theatre sign Horse-drawn fire equipment on parade, corner of Boylston Street and Tremont Street, c. 1939–1941, with glimpse of the Tremont theatre sign Historic New England Postcard for Potash & Perlmutter, Tremont Theatre, Boston, Mass., undated Tremont Theatre, Boston, Mass. postcard, c. 1907. Postmarked: August 5, 1911. Boston Athenaeum. Tremont Theatre programs, 1890–1903