Historic Daisy Theater (Memphis, Tennessee)
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329 Beale Street # 2000
Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 521-9139
The Historic Daisy Theater(1902) is a prime surviving example of nickelodeon architecture from the early cinema era. The tiny hall features a grand half dome entrance on Memphis’s world famous Beale Street.
The Daisy is unusual in that the stage and screen are on the sidewalk end. Double doors on either side of the half-dome enter into small vestibules one on either side of the stage. Emerging from the vestibules, you have the audience looking at you.
There is a small horse-shoe shaped balcony supported from above with iron rods.
During much of the 20th century Beale Street served as the business and entertainment center for African-Americans from all over the Mid-South. Despite its tiny stage, the Daisy was a prime performing venue on the so-called “Chitlin' Circuit” from the 1930’s up into the 1960’s.
In 1936 the New Daisy Theatre was built directly across the street. It too survives and is used as a concert venue.
historicaldaisy.com
Memphis, TN 38103
(901) 521-9139
The Historic Daisy Theater(1902) is a prime surviving example of nickelodeon architecture from the early cinema era. The tiny hall features a grand half dome entrance on Memphis’s world famous Beale Street.
The Daisy is unusual in that the stage and screen are on the sidewalk end. Double doors on either side of the half-dome enter into small vestibules one on either side of the stage. Emerging from the vestibules, you have the audience looking at you.
There is a small horse-shoe shaped balcony supported from above with iron rods.
During much of the 20th century Beale Street served as the business and entertainment center for African-Americans from all over the Mid-South. Despite its tiny stage, the Daisy was a prime performing venue on the so-called “Chitlin' Circuit” from the 1930’s up into the 1960’s.
In 1936 the New Daisy Theatre was built directly across the street. It too survives and is used as a concert venue.
historicaldaisy.com
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beale_Street
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Coordinates: 35°8'20"N 90°3'1"W
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