So we live near the Fulton Theatre in Lancaster, and I thought it would be a lot of fun to see a play at an old opera house. Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat just happened to be playing! We saw that on Thursday (June 27). The play was really good and the theatre was amazing! It was so old and ornate, reminded me a lot of the Opera House I visited several times in Kiev Ukraine. We found out that Mark Twain gave lectures at the Fulton Theatre, and we just happen to make it to the last show of the 160th year anniversary of the theatre. So Cool!
(pictures to be put up shortly)
About The Fulton Theatre
Paraphrased from www.thefulton.org
The Fulton Theatre was built on the foundation of Lancaster's pre-Revolutionary jail, where in 1763, a vigilante gang know as the "Paxtang Boys" massacred the last of the Conestoga Indians being held there for their protection. This was a monumental event throughout the colonies and became the subject matter for the first plays ever written on American soil. The exterior wall of the jail courtyard is now the back wall of the theatre. In 1852 the Lancaster community celebrated the opening of Fulton Hall. From a meeting hall, to the "Queen of the Roadhouses" through Vaudeville, the movies, near destruction, salvation and on to the cutting edge of contemporary theatre, the history of this majestic place chronicles the evolution of the American Stage. Now, 160 years later, we continue to celebrate this treasure of the community.
The Fulton Opera House, considered to be the nation's oldest continuously operating theatre, is one of only eight theaters to be named a National Historic landmark.
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