The Royal Theatre , located at 1329 Pennsylvania Avenue in Baltimore , Maryland, first opened in 1922 as the black -owned Douglass Theatre . It was the most famous theater along West Baltimore's Pennsylvania Avenue, one of a circuit of five such theaters for black entertainment in big cities. Its sister theaters were the Apollo in Harlem , the Howard Theatre in Washington, D.C. , the Regal Theatre in Chicago , and the Earl Theater in Philadelphia .
12-1015: (Redirected from Royal Theater ) Royal Theatre or Royal Theater may refer to: Venues [ edit ] Australia [ edit ] Royal Theatre , Canberra Belgium [ edit ] Royal Theatre of La Monnaie , Brussels Royal Park Theatre , Brussels Royal Flemish Theatre , Brussels Canada [ edit ] Royal Theatre , Victoria, British Columbia Royal Alexandra Theatre , Toronto Denmark [ edit ] Royal Danish Theatre , Copenhagen France [ edit ] Théâtre Royal de Bourbon , Paris , destroyed in 1660 ("Royal Theater of Bourbon" in English) Italy [ edit ] Teatro Regio , Parma ("Royal Theater" in English) Teatro Regio , Turin Teatro Regio Ducale , Milan ,
24-624: A 40-piece, all-female band touring with Count Basie called the Sweethearts of Rhythm , were all performers at the Royal. Baltimore 's first talking motion picture was shown there in 1929 when Scar of Shame , was shown, featuring a black cast. It was here that Solomon Burke was crowned the King of Rock 'n" Soul in November 1963. As middle-class , white flight from Old West Baltimore continued during
36-514: A collection of more than 13 spaces over two floors. The Centre hosts sporting events, concerts, trade fairs and meetings. The Royal Theatre , the largest space, can accommodate 2,460; the Exhibition Hall has space for up to 2,000. In 2005, the Centre underwent a $ 30 million capital upgrade. Eric Clapton performed at the venue on 10 November 1990 during his Journeyman World Tour in front of
48-833: A predecessor of La Scala ("Royal Ducal Theater" in English) The Netherlands [ edit ] Koninklijke Schouwburg , The Hague ("Royal Theater" in English) Spain [ edit ] Teatro Real , Madrid ("Royal Theater" in English) Sweden [ edit ] Royal Dramatic Theatre , Stockholm United Kingdom [ edit ] Royal Theatre , Northampton , England Royal National Theatre , London , England Royal Shakespeare Theatre , Stratford-upon-Avon , England United States [ edit ] Royal Theater , Danville, Indiana Royal Theatre , Benton, Arkansas , listed on
60-549: A sold-out crowd of 10,000 people. On the evenings of 12 and 13 March 2009, a reformed Midnight Oil , with Garrett, played at the Royal Theatre. This article relating to the Australian Capital Territory is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about an Australian building or structure is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Royal Theatre (Baltimore) All of
72-468: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages National Convention Centre Canberra The National Convention Centre Canberra is a convention centre located in Canberra , Australia, which opened in 1989. The Centre is Canberra's largest, purpose-built functions, meetings and events venue, and is managed by InterContinental Hotels Group . It provides
84-660: The 1960s and 1970s and accelerated after Pennsylvania Avenue was damaged during the civil rights riots , the entire community began a period of long decline. At the time of the riots, the Royal Theatre was owned by the JF Theatres chain. In 1971, the Royal Theater was demolished. The Royal Theater Marquee Monument was to be phase one of an ongoing series of projects that the Pennsylvania Avenue Redevelopment Collaborative (PARC) would lead. PARC and
96-679: The NRHP in Arkansas Royal Theater , St. Petersburg, Florida Royal Theater , Hogansville, Georgia , listed on the NRHP in Georgia Royal Theatre , Baltimore , Maryland, now demolished Royal Theater , New York City , a Yiddish theater built c. 1913–14, known as "Malvina Lobel's Royal Theater" Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre , New York City, formerly known as the "Royale Theatre" (from 1927 to 1932 and from 1940 to 2005) Royal Theater , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, listed on
108-686: The NRHP in Pennsylvania Scotland Royal Theater , Scotland, South Dakota , listed on the NRHP in South Dakota Royal Theatre , Ashland, Wisconsin , built in 1914 and part of the city's downtown Historic District Other uses [ edit ] The Royal Theatre , a 2004 album by the Scottish group Ballboy See also [ edit ] Theatre Royal (disambiguation) Teatro Regio (disambiguation) Royal Opera (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
120-672: The Pennsylvania Avenue Committee worked closely with the Mayor's Office, the Upton Planning Committee, and 14 community groups over seven years to erect the Royal Theater Monument in 2004. However, widespread urban blight still remains: the entire Pennsylvania Avenue corridor has long since been razed, and nothing survives there today insofar as theaters. In the vacant lot where the Royal Theatre once stood, there
132-430: The biggest stars in black entertainment, including those in jazz and blues such as Cab Calloway , performed at the Royal. Ethel Waters debuted there, as did Pearl Bailey , who sang in a chorus line . Louis Armstrong and Fats Waller worked as accompanists . Singer Louis Jordan , Duke Ellington , The Tympany Five , Etta James , Nat King Cole , The Platters , The Temptations , and The Supremes , as well as
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