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__NOTOC__ The Grand Opera House (est.1888) of
Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...
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Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...
, was a theatre in the South End. Architect George Snell designed the 2,600-seat building on Washington Street. Managers and proprietors included Proctor & Mansfield, A.H. Dexter, George W. Magee, and Stair & Wilbur.Julius Cahn's official theatrical guide. NY: 1906, 1910 Performances included Glyn's ''Three Weeks''.


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* Bostonian Society
Photo of Grand Opera House
at 1176 Washington Street, ca. 1890


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Image:1888 GrandOperaHouse BostonDailyGlobe Nov13.png, Advertisement for "The Fugitive," 1888 Image:1889 Zitka GrandOperaHouse Boston Massachusetts BostonGlobe Feb3.png, Advertisement for "Zitka" with May Wheeler, 1889 Image:1896 GrandOperaHouse Bostonian v2 no6.png, Interior, ca.1890s Image:1893 GrandOperaHouse Boston Massachusetts BostonGlobe Dec29.png, Advertisement for A.Y. Pearson's "Police Patrol," 1893 Image:1898_Grand Opera House_map_Boston_byWalker_BPL_12578_detail.png, Detail of 1898 map of Boston, showing Grand Opera House {{Boston theatres Commercial buildings completed in 1888 1888 establishments in Massachusetts South End, Boston Former cinemas in the United States Former theatres in Boston Event venues established in 1888