The Gaiety Theatre (1878-1882) of

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, was located on Washington Street on the block between West and Avery Streets. J. Wentworth oversaw its operations. It occupied the former Melodeon. The Gaiety's 800-seat auditorium featured "walls and ceiling ... panelled in pink, with buff, gold and purple borders; the balcony fronts ... bronze, gray, and pink." In 1882 it became the Bijou Theatre.Boston Athenaeum
Theater History
. Bijou Theatre (1882- 1952), 545 Washington Street. Retrieved 2012-03-16

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