Hawaii Theatre

Why go

At Hawaii Theatre, opened it in 1922 local newspapers called it The Pride of the Pacific and considered it the equal in opulence to any theatre in San Francisco or beyond Honolulu architects Walter Emory and Marshall Webb employed elements of Neoclassical architecture for the exterior with Byzantine Corinthian and Moorish ornamentation and a rich panoply of Beaux-Arts architecture inside Corinthian columns a.

What to look for

• Notice how Hawaii Theatre relates to nearby streets, shoreline, and landscape.

The full story

Hawaii Theatre provides a durable historical lens. gilded dome marble statuary plush carpets silk hangings and a Lionel Waldren mural on the proscenium They also installed an innovative cooling system that allowed air from an ice storage room under the stage to flow through vents beneath the seats The large neon marquee was the largest ever built in Honolulu The Hawaii presented both Vaudeville entertainment and movies through the 1920s Following the introduction of sound films it operated as a deluxe movie theatre through the 1960s gradually declining in the 1970s and falling into disrepair in the 1980s until it finally closed in 1984 Concerned citizens united to save and restore it and formed the non-profit Hawaii Theatre Center which purchased the theatre and several adjacent buildings in 1986 In 2005 the Hawaii Theatre has once again become a popular venue for stage shows and concerts Honolulu eTips The Hawaii Theatre is a historic Vaudeville theatre and.

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