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led to the gradual replacement of the vaudeville acts with movies, although vaudeville maintained a presence at the theater until the 1950s. The Palace was subsequently transformed for the presentation of widescreen
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The Palace was renamed the Connor Palace in 2014 to recognize a donation of nine million dollars to the Playhouse Square capital campaign by the Connor Family of
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After a $ 36.4 million renovation project, the Palace completely reopened in 1988 with 2,714 seats, making it the second-largest theater in Playhouse Square.
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shows in the partially reopened theater to attract attention to its efforts to restore Playhouse Square. In 1978, the theater was added to the
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and 154 crystal chandeliers, and the main lobby, dubbed the "Great Hall," was decorated with over 30 paintings.
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Playhouse Square Center. 2003–2005. Accessed December 3, 2006.
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Theatres on the National Register of Historic Places in Ohio
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on November 6, 1922, seating 3,100. The interior featured
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were married on the stage of the Palace Theatre by a
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Palace Theatre, Cleveland

Cleveland
Ohio
Playhouse Square Foundation
Capacity
Rapp & Rapp
www.playhousesquare.org
U.S. Historic district
Contributing property
Connor Palace is located in Ohio
Connor Palace is located in the United States
Playhouse Square
ID78002041
RKO
theater
Euclid Avenue
Downtown Cleveland
Ohio
Playhouse Square
B. F. Keith
Chicago
Rapp and Rapp
French Renaissance style
vaudeville
Keith Building
Carrara marble
motion-picture age
Cinerama
cabaret

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