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Word: orpheums (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...easy word to throw around, especially in this business, but it's rather dangerous to apply it in rock 'n' roll," Graham said. He added that the rock group felt "no anger, only disappointment" at the cancellation of two proposed Boston shows for the 2,800-seat Orpheum Theatre, which he described as the "righteous place" for a public concert...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Rumors of Stones Concert Fly Despite Collapse of Negotiations | 9/18/1981 | See Source »

...Stones representatives had contacted officials in suburban Lowell about a possible Sunday concert at the 4000-seat Memorial Auditorium. But the city's acting police chief. John Sheehan, rejected the idea because of potential security problems--the same reason Boston officials vetoed two concerts this weekend proposed for the Orpheum Theatre...

Author: By James G. Hershberg, | Title: Rumors of Stones Concert Fly Despite Collapse of Negotiations | 9/18/1981 | See Source »

Three bicyclists zip around the stage of off-Broadway's Orpheum Theater in a play that concerns the nimble revolutions of the heart. Philip (Ben Masters) and Lisa (Brooke Adams) are lovers. As free spirits in the modern kingdom of swing, they do not live together. But Lisa would like to be much less free. When she proposes an exchange of apartment keys, the specter of impending matrimonial claustrophobia chills Philip. Michael (Mark Blum), a chance friend, has a reverse problem. His unseen bride of less than a month has deserted him for a fling with her music teacher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Swing Quartet | 8/3/1981 | See Source »

...realize. Though only a few years ago they seemed doomed by downtown decay and the decline of the movies, some of the great palazzos that survive have found born-again splendor as performing arts centers and magnets of revitalization. At least 50 -from the Olympia in Miami to the Orpheum in Dubuque, Iowa, and Washington's Warner-have been restored to pristine glitter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Lighting the Darkened Palaces | 5/5/1980 | See Source »

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