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SC223 Folly Theater Collection Finding Aid
Folly Theater Performing Arts Foundation of Kansas City
Open since 1900, the Folly Theater has assumed several names and identities over the decades, from a vaudeville, burlesque, and Shakespearean playhouse to an X-rated movie theater. Today, it serves as Kansas City’s oldest performing arts venue. The Folly Theater Collection contains photographs, scrapbooks, posters, administrative and financial records, building blueprints, and various artifacts that document the theater’s diverse history.
1877/2014
Theaters Burlesque shows Historic buildings Vaudeville shows Concert halls
Folly Theater 12th Street Central Street Century Theater Shubert Missouri Theater Missouri Theater Standard Theater Butler, James Curtiss, Louis Singleton Donegan, Joseph Butler, Edward Shubert, Lee Shubert, J.J. Dillon, Joan Performing Arts Foundation of Kansas City Rand, Sally Storm, Tempest Lee, Gypsy Rose Berkebile, Robert J. Cronkite, Walter Deramus, William N. III Architecture National Register of Historic Places
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Folly Theater Collection
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