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The Orpheum theatre its original name was the Loew's Orpheum Theatre. It was Boston’s first opera house it opened in 1852 with the capacity for 2890 people. Its main address was 413 Washington Street in Boston’s shopping mall district. This was later closed and the back ally entrance on 1 Hamilton Place became the main one. Many symphonies were performed there. In the later fifties and sixties it stopped hosting opera and started showing movies witch the kids loved to sneak into because the fire escape doors were always open and unguarded. One the first movies ever shown there was The Wizard of OZ. the movies lasted only up to the late 60s. The last attempt to show movies only lasted for a few weeks and then bombed. It was a film made by Paul McCartney, which by passed U.S theaters because of the lack of popularity. After a renovation, the house re-opened as a performing venue under the name The Aquarius Theatre in either 1969 or 1970. Sammy Davis was the first show under that name later in the 1980s the Orpheum was sold by the Loew's company. The theatre is now privately owned. The theatre was renamed the Orpheum theatre after several different name changes and after it was owned and sold repeatedly. Later in the 1980, it became a place just for concerts and comedian’s. The most concerts that are played there are rock concerts. They have been many great legends that have played in the theatre. Here are some of those band that have rocked the walls Kiss, U2, tool, the fray, Philish and friends, Aero smith, the Allman Brothers, Dropkick murphuys, guns ns roses, The rolling stones, Greatful dead Smashing pumkins, James Taylor, Black Sabbath, and many more.

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