Keith's Theatre

B.F. Keith's Theatre (1894–1928) in Boston, Massachusetts, was a vaudeville playhouse run by B.F. Keith. It sat across from Boston Common in the city's theatre district, with an entrance on Tremont Street and another on Washington Street.^[1] Personnel included Keith, E.F. Albee and H.E. Gustin.^[2] Virgilio Tojetti painted some of the interior decorations.^[3]^[4] In 1939, the theater was converted to a movie theater named the Normandie.^[5]

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[1]
Keith's Theatre, no.547 Washington and no.163 Tremont. Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918, 1921
[2]
Cahn-Leighton Official Theatrical Guide. NY. 1913.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
[3]
"Keith's Tremont Street Entrance". The Opera Glass. 4 (10). October 1897.
[4]
"Virgilio Tojetti (1849-1901)". Public Opinion. 30. April 4, 1901.
[5]
Boston Athenaeum. "Theater History: Keith's Theatre (1894-1952), 547 Washington Street". Archived from the original on 2021-04-14. Retrieved 2012-02-06.
[6]
Deac Rossell (Summer 1995). "A Chronology of Cinema, 1889-1896". Film History. 7.

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B.F. Keith's New Theatre., Boston: printed by Geo. H. Walker & Co., 1894, OL 7104187M
E.T. Adams. "Artistic Engine-Room Interiors." Engineering Magazine, v.10, no.6, March 1896
Frank Cullen. Vaudeville old & new: an encyclopedia of variety performances in America. NY: Routledge, 2004

CinemaTreasures.org. B. F. Keith's Theatre, 547 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02458
Detail of 1902 map of Boston showing location of Keith's Theatre, via Boston Public Library's Atlascope Boston tool.
Library of Congress. Drawing of Shubert Apollo Theatre (formerly B.F. Keith's Theatre), Tremont St. opposite the Common, and B.F. Keith's Vaudeville, Washington St., Boston, Massachusetts, 1931.