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For nearly eight decades this grand old theater has enriched the lives of people in Detroit and surrounding communities. Born in the midst of Detroit"s most splendid period, this grand palace has survived world wars, economic booms and recessions, social turmoil and the renaissance of our cultural institutions. And, in the midst of it all, she has flourished and faded, been loved and neglected, deteriorated and lovingly restored.

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Located on the corners of Broadway and Madison at Grand Circus Park, the theater was originally opened January 12, 1922 as the Capitol Theater. At the time of its gala premiere, the 4,250-seat theater claimed to be the fifth largest in the world. The theater was the first in a series of palatial vaudeville and moving picture houses built in the Grand Circus Park area in the 1920"s. Designed by renowned Detroit architect C. Howard Crane, whose genius for theater design took him to cities around the nation, the building was constructed with superb acoustics and the style of the grand European opera houses. Crone also designed such Detroit landmarks as the Fox Theater, Gem Theater, and the acoustically perfect Orchestra Hall.


The Capitol Theater was resplendently decorated in the Italian Renaissance style with lavish Tiffany chandeliers, frescoes, brass fixtures, marble stairways and drinking fountains. Rich, rose-red Italian damask was used for the main stage curtain and draperies throughout the house. Most of these features are present today in the Detroit Opera House.

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