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46-572: (Redirected from Palladium Theater ) Palladium Theatre or Palladium Theater may refer to: Palladium (New York City) Palladium Theatre (St. Petersburg, Florida) Worcester Palladium London Palladium , a 2,286 seat West End theatre located off Oxford Street in the City of Westminster The Hollywood Palladium , a theater located at 6215 Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California Topics referred to by

92-451: A box by the door to service as a ticket office (literally, the "box office".) Storefront theatres, supplied with motion pictures made in Chicago and New York, spread throughout America. These theatres exhibited a motion picture at a specific time during the day. Air domes also became popular in warm climates and in the summertime in northern climates. With no roof and only side walls or fences,

138-466: A campus housing project. Junior Vasquez 's Arena party, held Saturday nights and Sunday mornings at Palladium between September 1996 and September 1997, was one of the most popular parties in the New York club scene at the time. Although the promoters billed Arena as "The Gay Man's Pleasure Dome", the party drew an eclectic mix of gay and straight from Manhattan and far beyond. Vasquez commemorated Arena in

184-408: A long sleeve red shirt, with pink panties and red thigh high boots. Rockabilly legend, Robert Gordon along with master guitarist, Link Wray opened the evening performing classic songs from the likes of Elvis Presley, Bruce Springsteen, Gene Vincent , Eddie Cochran among others. On July 25, 1980, Kiss played the venue, their only North American concert in 1980, to introduce new drummer Eric Carr to

230-544: A music venue into a nightclub by former Studio 54 owners Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager . They hired Danceteria DJ Richard Sweret, DJ Patrick Anastasi and DJ Luis Martinez who saw the possibility of a much larger audience for a downtown ‘ new wave music ’, Euro and house music -oriented club. Designed by architect Arata Isozaki , the Palladium featured commissioned art works by artists such as Keith Haring , Jean Michel Basquiat , and Francesco Clemente . Basquiat's mural

276-471: A small part of vaudeville theatres. The competitive vaudeville theatre market caused owners to constantly look for new entertainment, and the motion picture helped create demand, although the new form of entertainment was not the main draw for patrons. It was often used as a "chaser"—shown as the end of the performance to chase the audience from the theatre. These theatres were designed much like legitimate theatres. The Beaux-Arts architecture of these theatres

322-409: A variety of referenced visual styles collided wildly with one another. French Baroque, High Gothic, Moroccan, Mediterranean, Spanish Gothic, Hindu, Babylonian, Aztec, Mayan, Orientalist, Italian Renaissance, and (after the discovery of King Tut 's tomb in 1922) Egyptian Revival were all variously mixed and matched. This wealth of ornament was not merely for aesthetic effect. It was meant to create

368-515: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Palladium (New York City) 40°43′59.92″N 73°59′17.36″W  /  40.7333111°N 73.9881556°W  / 40.7333111; -73.9881556 The Palladium (originally called the Academy of Music ) was a movie theatre , concert hall , and finally a nightclub in New York City . It

414-551: The Chicago firm of Rapp and Rapp , which designed the Chicago , Uptown , and Oriental Theatres . S.L. "Roxy" Rothafel , originated the deluxe presentation of films with themed stage shows. Sid Grauman , built the first movie palace on the West Coast , Los Angeles' Million Dollar Theater , in 1918. Following World War II movie ticket sales began to rapidly decline due to the widespread adoption of television and mass migration of

460-634: The E Street Band played six shows at the Palladium in October and November 1976, and three more in September 1978. Tickets for all three 1978 shows were sold out. Frank Zappa and his band performed on and around Halloween several times, including performances in 1977, which were included in the film Baby Snakes , a legendary series of shows in 1978, and a 1981 performance which was simulcast live on radio and MTV . New York proto-punk musicians The Patti Smith Group, John Cale , and Television , performed at

506-565: The Kinetoscope . Dropping a nickel in a machine allowed a viewer to see a short motion picture, devoid of plot. The machines were installed in Kinetoscope parlors, hotels, department stores , bars and drugstores in large American cities. The machines were popular from 1894 to 1896, but by the turn of the century had almost disappeared as Americans rejected the solitary viewing experience and boring entertainment. Around 1900, motion pictures became

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552-425: The 1900s and 1910s. As motion pictures developed as an art form, theatre infrastructure needed to change. Storefront theatres and nickelodeons catered to the busy work lives and limited budgets of the lower and middle classes. Motion pictures were generally only thought to be for the lower classes at that time as they were simple, short, and cost only five cents to attend. While the middle class regularly began to attend

598-560: The American press before heading overseas for their Unmasked Tour . Also part of the reason for having the concert was to help subsidize the rental of the Palladium for tour rehearsals with Carr. The venue was also where many British heavy metal acts made their initial impact in the United States in the late 1970s and early 1980s, including, Judas Priest , Iron Maiden , Def Leppard , Ozzy Osbourne , Humble Pie, and other participants of

644-524: The Palladium on New Year's Eve 1976. The Bay City Rollers performed at The Palladium on January 8, 1977. A performance of the Ramones was recorded at the Palladium on January 7, 1978 ; and they returned for New Year's Eve 1979. The Police during their Regatta de Blanc World Tour 1979-80 played on November 29, 1979. Kiss played a warm-up show here, in 1980, before they kicked off their Unmasked Tour in Italy; it

690-518: The Palladium on September 20 and 21, 1979, as a part of their U.S. tour, and the iconic photo from the September 20 show of Paul Simonon smashing his bass would later be used for the front cover of the Clash album London Calling . Irish punk band the Undertones and American soul legends Sam and Dave were the opening acts for the shows. Bootleg recordings of both performances have surfaced, even recording

736-574: The Palladium on September 25, 1995, and March 4, 1996, respectively. The final concert held at Palladium was a sold-out performance by Fugazi on May 1, 1997. The version of "Nantucket Sleighride" heard on Mountain 's Live: The Road Goes Ever On album at was recorded during their Academy of Music performance on December 14, 1971. On December 21, 1973, Lou Reed recorded both Rock 'n' Roll Animal and Lou Reed Live at Howard Stein's Academy of Music, released during February 1974 and March 1975 respectively, featuring songs from his solo career and

782-540: The Undertones , and Roxy Music . American punk bands the Ramones, Blondie , the Cramps , and X also played there in the late seventies and early eighties. Chuck Berry played a New Year's Eve concert on December 31, 1988, recorded by WNEW-FM and available as "Chuck Berry Live At Palladium Theater, New York, WNEW-FM Broadcast, 31st December 1988". Argentine rock bands Los Fabulosos Cadillacs and Soda Stereo performed at

828-913: The Velvet Underground . Zappa in New York is a live double album by Frank Zappa recorded during a series of concerts at the Palladium in December 1976. Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars recorded Live at The Palladium NYC, New Year's Eve 1977 . The CD album, released in March 2006, features over one hour of blues-rock music performed by a star-studded ensemble featuring Levon Helm (drums/vocals), Dr. John (keys/vocals), Paul Butterfield (harmonica/vocals), Fred Carter (guitar/vocals), Donald "Duck" Dunn (bass), Steve Cropper (guitar), Lou Marini (saxophones), Howard Johnson (tuba/baritone sax), Tom "Bones" Malone (trombone) and Alan Rubin (trumpet). The Clash played at

874-517: The air domes allowed patrons to view motion pictures in a venue that was cooler than the stifling atmosphere of the storefront theatre. In 1905, the nickelodeon was born. Rather than exhibiting one program a night, the nickelodeon offered continuous motion picture entertainment for five cents. They were widely popular. By 1910, nickelodeons grossed $ 91 million in the United States. The nickelodeons were like simple storefront theatres, but differed in

920-482: The basement and sub-basement house the Palladium Athletic Facility. The Academy of Music opened as a movie palace at 126 East 14th Street. By the 1970s it had become a music venue for rock and roll acts. Seating 3,400, it was popular with both mainstream bands and upcoming acts which could open a major bill. Many bands performed at the Palladium in the middle of large arena and stadium tours, due to

966-520: The building's interior for the club. Peter Gatien owned and operated the club from 1992 until 1997. The Palladium closed in August 1997 following its purchase by New York University . In August 1998, the building was demolished in order to build a twelve-story residence hall that students affectionately referred to as Palladium Hall. The residence hall typically houses 960 residents, primarily sophomores with approximately 120 MBA students. Two floors in

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1012-468: The continuous showings and the marketing to women and families. The movie house, in a building designed specifically for motion picture exhibition, was the last step before the movie palace. Comfort was paramount, with upholstered seating and climate controls. One of the first movie houses was Tally's Broadway Theater in Los Angeles. The movie palace was developed as the step beyond the small theaters of

1058-651: The early 1970s. Beginning in the 1960s, it was also utilized as a rock concert venue, particularly following the June 1971 closure of the Fillmore East . It was rechristened the Palladium on September 18, 1976, with the Band live radio broadcast, and continued to serve as a concert hall into the following decade. In 1985, the Palladium was converted into a nightclub by Steve Rubell and Ian Schrager , after their success with Studio 54 . Japanese architect Arata Isozaki redesigned

1104-419: The highest-grossing first-run films for which they were no longer viable exhibition venues. They became second-run theaters or specialized in showing art house films . By 2004, only about a quarter of U.S. movie theaters still had only one screen, and the average number of screens per theater was 6.1. Eberson specialized in the subgenre of "atmospheric" theatres. His first, of the 500 in his career,

1150-420: The major studios and were forced to close. Many were able to stay in business by converting to operate as race or pornography theaters . The death knell for single-screen movie theaters (including movie palaces) arrived with the development of the multiplex in the 1980s and the megaplex in the 1990s. Some movie palaces were able to stay in business only by getting out of the way, at least with respect to

1196-452: The moment Simonon smashed his bass during the September 20 show. The photograph on the back of the Cramps ' original 1979 debut EP , Gravest Hits , was taken at the Palladium. Renaissance recorded Unplugged Live at the Academy of Music at the venue in 1985, although it was not released until 2000. In 1992, C+C Music Factory recorded a song under the moniker S.O.U.L. S.Y.S.T.E.M. for

1242-407: The nickelodeons by the early 1910s the upperclass continued to attend stage theater performances such as opera and big-time vaudeville. However, as more sophisticated, complex, and longer films featuring prominent stage actors were developed, the upperclass desires to attend the movies began to increase and a demand for higher class theaters began to develop. Nickelodeons could not meet this demand as

1288-408: The population from the cities, where all the movie palaces had been built, into the suburbs. The closing of most movie palaces occurred after United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. in 1948, which ordered all of the major film studios to sell their theaters. Most of the newly independent theaters could not continue to operate on the low admissions sales of the time without the financial support of

1334-714: The prestige of the theater and the excellent acoustics. The sound systems used for shows were by local rental companies when the touring acts did not carry their own. Among the numerous rock concerts the Academy of Music hosted were the Rolling Stones , which played this venue on May 1, 1965 (and returned on June 19, 1978 when it was the Palladium), the Allman Brothers Band on August 15, 1971, Aerosmith's first concerts outside of New England, opening for Humble Pie and Edgar Winter's White Trash on December 2 & 3, 1971, and

1380-430: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Palladium Theatre . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palladium_Theatre&oldid=583375516 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

1426-459: The series of New Year's shows played by the Band on December 28–31, 1971 (recordings from which were released as the 1972 live album Rock of Ages ). New Year's Eve 1973 featured the eclectic line-up of Blue Öyster Cult , Iggy Pop , and Teenage Lust (which had recently backed up John Lennon ) and Kiss ,. Genesis performed their NY concerts of The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway there in 1974. And Renaissance performed there on May 17, 1974;

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1472-412: The show featured Andy Powell of Wishbone Ash on guitar, and bootleg recordings are widely available. The Grateful Dead played two extended stands at this venue. One was seven shows at the Academy of Music, from March 21–28, 1972. Excerpts of these shows, including some tracks with Bo Diddley as a guest, were officially released on Dick's Picks Volume 30 and Dave's Picks Volume 14 . The other

1518-596: The so-called new wave of British heavy metal . The classic line-up of Motörhead , with "Fast" Eddie Clarke on guitar, performed its final show at the Palladium on May 14, 1982. Many UK punk and new wave acts made their New York debuts at the Academy of Music, including the Clash , the Jam , the Boomtown Rats , the Fall , Graham Parker & the Rumour , Rockpile , U2 , Duran Duran ,

1564-610: The soundtrack to The Bodyguard (starring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner ). The song, "It's Gonna Be A Lovely Day", was the only song on the soundtrack performed by an artist other than Whitney Houston to be released as a single in the US. The remixes of the song, which were released via Arista Records on CD single , cassette single , and Double-12" vinyl single, were titled "The Palladium House Anthem I" and "The Palladium House Anthem II". At that time, C+C Music Factory member Robert Clivillés

1610-591: The titles of the remixes he produced that year. Notes Movie palace There are three architectural design types of movie palaces: the classical-style movie palace, with opulent, luxurious architecture; the atmospheric theatre , which has an auditorium ceiling that resembles an open sky as a defining feature; and the Art Deco theaters that became popular in the 1930s. Paid exhibition of motion pictures began on April 14, 1894, at Andrew M. Holland's phonograph store, located at 1155 Broadway in New York City , with

1656-410: The upperclass feared the moral repercussions of intermingling between women and children with immigrants. There were also real concerns over the physical safety of the nickelodeon theaters themselves as they were often cramped with little ventilation and the nitrate film stock used at the time was extremely flammable. The demand for an upscale film theater, suitable to exhibit films to the upperclass,

1702-566: Was Eric Carr 's first live performance with the band. In 1991, Tin Machine performed at the venue during their It's My Life Tour on November 27 & 29; a portion of these performances were used for their live album Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby . Blondie, fresh from their first European tour, performed songs from the Blondie and Parallel Lines albums, on May 4, 1978. Deborah Harry wore

1748-560: Was 5 shows between April 29 and May 4, 1977. The complete April 30 show was officially released as Grateful Dead Download Series Volume 1 , with 3 bonus tracks from the April 29 show. The complete May 3 show was officially released as Dave's Picks Volume 50 , with 5 bonus tracks from the May 4 show, and an additional 7 tracks from the May 4 show on the Dave's Picks 2024 Bonus Disc. Bruce Springsteen &

1794-656: Was first met when the Regent Theater, designed by Thomas Lamb , was opened in February 1913, becoming the first ever movie palace. However the theater's location in Harlem prompted many to suggest that the theater be moved to Broadway alongside the stage theaters. These desires were satisfied when Lamb built the Strand Theatre on Broadway, which was opened in 1914 by Mitchel H. Mark at the cost of one million dollars. This opening

1840-403: Was formal and ornate. They were not designed for motion pictures, but rather live stage performances. In 1902, the storefront theatre was born at Thomas Lincoln Tally 's Electric Theatre in Los Angeles. These soon spread throughout the country as empty storefronts were equipped with chairs, a Vitascope projector, a muslin sheet on which the motion picture was exhibited, darkened windows, and

1886-519: Was in a bar called the Mike Todd room, Clemente's mural was in a stairwell, and Haring's mural was behind the dance floor. From its celebrity-studded opening in May 1985, the Palladium was one of the major features of the vibrant New York club scene. In September 1985, Azzedine Alaia 's fashion show was held at the Palladium. The club was a mainstay on the New York club scene until it was bought out in 1997 by New York University (NYU) and demolished for

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1932-401: Was initially based on the more traditional, "hardtop" form patterned on opera houses , but was no less ornate. His theaters evolved from relatively restrained neo-classic designs in the 1910s to those with elaborate baroque and Asian motifs in the late 1920s. The movie palace's signature look was one of extravagant ornamentation. The theaters were often designed with an eclectic exoticism where

1978-452: Was located on the south side of East 14th Street , between Irving Place and Third Avenue . Designed by Thomas W. Lamb , it was built in 1927 across the street from the site of the original Academy of Music established by financier Moses H. Grinnell in 1852. Opened as a deluxe movie palace by movie mogul William Fox , founder of the Fox Film , the academy operated as a cinema through

2024-505: Was the 1923 Majestic in Houston, Texas . The atmospherics usually conveyed the impression of sitting in an outdoor courtyard, surrounded by highly ornamented asymmetrical facades and exotic flora and fauna, underneath a dark blue canopy; when the lights went out, a specially designed projector, the Brenograph, was used to project clouds, and special celestial effects on the ceiling. Lamb's style

2070-484: Was the first example of a success in drawing the upper middle class to the movies and it spurred others to follow suit. As their name implies movie palaces were advertised to, "make the average citizen feel like royalty." To accomplish this these theaters were outfitted with a plethora of amenities such as larger sitting areas, air conditioning, and even childcare services. Between 1914 and 1922 over 4,000 movie palaces were opened. Notable pioneers of movies palaces include

2116-408: Was the resident DJ at The Palladium. In 2004, punk pioneers the Ramones reissued a live album they recorded at The Palladium. The album is called Live January 7, 1978 at the Palladium, NYC [LIVE] , and was released by Sanctuary Records Group . Club MTV , a live daily program, was also filmed there in the 1980s and early 1990s and starred Downtown Julie Brown . The Palladium was converted from

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