Orpheum Theatre
RKO Orpheum Theatre |
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| Address |
5th Avenue and Stewart Street |
| Opening Night Seating Capacity |
unknown |
| Original Theatre Owner |
unknown |
| Original Theatre Architect |
B. Marcus Priteca |
| Years of Operation |
Opened 28 August 1927
Operating from 1927 through circa 1967 |
| Type of Musical Accompaniment |
unknown |
| Current Status |
Demolished August 1967 |
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The Orpheum Theatre was known as the RKO Orpheum Theatre by circa December 1929.
Showing 1-6 December 1929, Rio Rita (1929); 7 December 1929, The Painted Angel (1929), with live vaudeville.
The theatre was controlled by Hamrick-Evergreen Theatres circa 1936.
References: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1 December 1929, pp. 6E, 8E; Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 2 December 1929, p. 13; Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 4 December 1929, p. 15; Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 6 December 1929, p. 13.
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