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Allen Theatre, Cleveland

Allen Theatre, Cleveland

Architect: C. Howard Crane

First Opened: 1st April 1921 (103 years ago)

Closed: 5th March 1968

Reopened: 3rd October 1998

Closed for reconfiguration: 22nd August 2010

Reopened after reconfiguration: 16th September 2011

Website: www.clevelandplayhouse.com Open website in new window

Telephone: (216) 771 4444 Call (216) 771 4444

Address: 1407 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44115 Show address in Google Maps (new window)


The Allen Theatre opened in April 1921 as a silent movie theatre with a seating capacity of more than 3,000. Renovated in the mid 1990s, the theatre underwent radical changes in 2010 reducing the seating capacity to 500 and creating the feel of an intimate playhouse.


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