The Columbia Theatre (1891 – ) or Loew's New Columbia Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, was a playhouse and cinema located in the South End at No. 978 Washington Street.Boston Almanac, 1893–1894. "Loew's New Columbia Theatre," Boston Register and Business Directory, 1918 Charles Frohman, Isaac Baker Rich and William Harris ("Rich & Harris and Charles Frohman") oversaw the theatre until 1895.Boston Globe, February 6, 1893Isaac Baker Rich (b. 1827). "On July 1 it will pass from the hands of Rich & Harris into the hands of R.M. Gulick & Co. and Davis & Keogh." ("Boston's Columbia Theatre: Rich and Harris and Charles Frohman finally dispose of the lease." New York Times, May 24, 1895) Owners included J.J. Grace of New York and Loews.New York Times, May 24, 1895 Staff included Harry Farren,The Billboard, December 7, 1907 Saul Hamilburg and Philip Shea."Columbia Theatre in new hands." Boston Evening Transcript – December 30, 1899 The Columbia existed until its demolition in 1957.
Performances 1492 Up to Date, with Rice's "Surprise Party"Boston Globe, February 6, 1893 Nat C. Goodwin, comedianBoston Globe, February 26, 1893 Herbert Graham's "His Wedding Day"Boston Globe, March 5, 1893 Brandon Thomas' Charley's AuntBoston Daily Globe, January 3, 1894 Hagenbeck's trained animalsBoston Daily Globe, April 22, 1894 Sydney Grundy's "Sowing the Wind"Boston Evening Transcript, October 22, 1894 "The Belle of New York"Boston Evening Transcript – May 24, 1900
Notable people Evelyn Campbell
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Library of Congress. Columbia Theatre, Washington and Castle Streets, Boston, Massachusetts, illus. by Dumas