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The '''Larcom Theatre''' is a 600-seat<ref>[https://www.thelarcom.org/contact-us Larcom Theatre: History]</ref> auditorium located at 13 Wallis Street in [[Beverly, Massachusetts]] and offers live music, theatrical productions, ballet, and comedy. |
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| ⚫ | Harris and Glover Ware, two brothers and former vaudeville musicians from Marblehead, Massachusetts built the Larcom in 1912 and named it for the Beverly-born |
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| ⚫ | Harris and Glover Ware, two brothers and former vaudeville musicians from Marblehead, Massachusetts built the Larcom in 1912 and named it for the Beverly-born poet [[Lucy Larcom]]. In 1984, the [[Le Grand David]] Spectacular Magic Company bought the Larcom and launched a restoration project that dwarfed their previous [[Cabot Street Cinema Theatre]] restoration. The Larcom Theatre was purchased in 1984 and received a balcony-to-boiler-room renovation. In October 1985 the [[Le Grand David]] troupe premiered a second resident production of conjuring, music, comedy and dance "in the style and tradition of the turn of the 19th century."{{citation needed|date=October 2010}} |
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| ⚫ | In 1995, the Le Grand David Company opened an expanded wing adjoining the original Larcom structure. The new wing |
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| ⚫ | In 1995, the Le Grand David Company opened an expanded wing adjoining the original Larcom structure at 9 Wallis Street. The new wing included: the Grand Salon lobby (appointed in oak, marble, and brass), a full kitchen, rehearsal place, three galleries of Le Grand David apparatus and poster artwork, a library, a meeting room, a guest suite, and a caretaker's apartment. |
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Le Grand David Magic show ended in May 2012 after founder, Cesareo Pelaez, died in March of that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.salemnews.com/news/local_news/magic-runs-out-on-beverly-show/article_cc2fa0a7-7aa1-5423-9e15-6f3068ba323e.html|title = Magic runs out on Beverly show}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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*[[List of magic museums]] |
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==References== |
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{{Reflist}} |
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==External links== |
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* [http://www.thelarcom.org Larcom Theatre] |
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[[Category:Music venues in Massachusetts]] |
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[[Category:Tourist attractions in Essex County, Massachusetts]] |
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Latest revision as of 12:09, 10 October 2023
The Larcom Theatre is a 600-seat[1] auditorium located at 13 Wallis Street in Beverly, Massachusetts and offers live music, theatrical productions, ballet, and comedy.
From 1985 through 2012 the Larcom Theatre housed the two-hour Le Grand David production, An Anthology of Stage Magic.
Harris and Glover Ware, two brothers and former vaudeville musicians from Marblehead, Massachusetts built the Larcom in 1912 and named it for the Beverly-born poet Lucy Larcom. In 1984, the Le Grand David Spectacular Magic Company bought the Larcom and launched a restoration project that dwarfed their previous Cabot Street Cinema Theatre restoration. The Larcom Theatre was purchased in 1984 and received a balcony-to-boiler-room renovation. In October 1985 the Le Grand David troupe premiered a second resident production of conjuring, music, comedy and dance "in the style and tradition of the turn of the 19th century."[citation needed]
In 1995, the Le Grand David Company opened an expanded wing adjoining the original Larcom structure at 9 Wallis Street. The new wing included: the Grand Salon lobby (appointed in oak, marble, and brass), a full kitchen, rehearsal place, three galleries of Le Grand David apparatus and poster artwork, a library, a meeting room, a guest suite, and a caretaker's apartment.
Le Grand David Magic show ended in May 2012 after founder, Cesareo Pelaez, died in March of that year.[2]