Address: 27 Adelaide Street West Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Regent Theatre Notes: Formerly the Grand Opera House. Remodelled in 1916 by Thomas Lamb in 1916 to become Toronto's largest facility devoted entirely to motion pictures.
Architects: Lamb Thomas
Address: 125 Bathurst Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Factory Theatre
Address: 736 Bathurst Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Bathurst Street Theatre Notes: Formerly a United Church
Address: 4588 Bathurst Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Leah Posluns Theatre
Architects: Markson Jerome
Address: 24 Berkeley Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Canadian Stage Company
Architects: Hancock Noel Simpson David
Address: 24 Berkeley Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Toronto Free Theatre Notes: SEE: Canadian Stage Company at Nos. 24 & 26 Berkeley St.
Address: 26 Berkeley Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Canadian Stage Company Notes: Originally part of the Gasworks, and built for the Consumers Gas Company c.1880
Address: 70 Berkeley Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Alumnae Theatre Notes: Intially the No. 4 Firehall (1859; rebuilt in 1903 by Frank A. Wickson). Remodelled as the Firehall Theatre by Ron Thom in 1971.
Architects: Thom Ron
Address: 100 Bloor Street West Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: University Theatre
Architects: Brisbin Brian Hounsom Eric
Address: 506 Bloor Street West Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Bloor Cinema Notes: Opened as the vaudeville Madison movie house in 1905. Became the Midtown movie theatre in 1941, the Capri in 1966, and the Eden in the 1970s. Reopened on Boxing Day in 1980 as the Bloor Cinema, retaining the 1940s decor.
Address: 506 Bloor Street West Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Midtown Thetare Notes: SEE: Bloor Cinema
Address: 2223 Bloor Street West Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Runnymede Theatre
Architects: Chapman & Oxley (firm) E.R.A. Architects Inc. (firm) Petroff Partnership Architects
Designers: Briffa, Emmanuel
Address: 296 Brunswick Avenue Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Poor Alex Theatre
Address: 18 Carlton Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Odeon Theatre Notes: Street address may also be no.20 Carlton Street. Now the site of a Cineplex Odeon theatre.
Architects: English Jay
Address: 93 Charles Street West Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Isabel Bader Theatre Notes: Part of Victoria University at the University of Toronto
Architects: Smith Peter
Address: 290 College Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Garden Theatre
Architects: Stanford J. Hunt
Address: 608 College Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Royal (The) Notes: Initially named the Pylon Theatre, and most recently the Golden Princess.
Architects: Swartz Benjamin
Address: 147 Danforth Avenue Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Music Hall Notes: Initially called Allen's Theatre. Purchased by the Famous Players Canadian Corp. in 1929, altered by H.J. Chown and renamed the Century Theatre around that time. The Century Theatre closed in the early 1980s, and has since been known as the "Music Hall"
Architects: Chown H.J. Crane C. Howard Hynes & Feldman & Watson (firm)
Address: 2942 Dundas Street West Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Beaver Theatre
Architects: Beggs N.G.
Address: 400 Eglinton Avenue West Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Eglinton Theatre
Architects: Kaplan & Sprachman (firm)
Address: 1801 Eglinton Avenue West Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Colony Theatre
Address: 1 Front Street East Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: O'Keefe Centre Notes: Name of building was changed to the "Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts" in 1996.
Architects: Morgan Earl Page & Steele (firm) Vaughan Colin
Designers: Wilson, York
Address: 27 Front Street East Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: St. Lawrence Centre
Architects: Thom Partnership (firm)
Address: 165 Front Street East Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Young People's Theatre Notes: Originally the Toronto Street Co. stables. Then changed to the Toronto Street Co. electric power house, 1887-1888. Remodelled in 1976-77. In the fall of 2001, the theatre was renamed "The Lorraine KimsaTheatre for Young People", following a donation of $1.5 miilion by her son. She had no actual history with the YPT.
Architects: Zeidler Roberts Partnership
Address: 0 Highway 400 Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Colossos Notes: 5,300-seat multiplex cinema by Famous Players.
Architects: Page + Steele Inc. Archts & Planrs
Address: 165 King Street West Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Princess Theatre Notes: Occupied nos. 165-173 King Street West.
Architects: Crane C. Howard
Address: 260 King Street West Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Royal Alexandra Theatre
Architects: Lyle John
Address: 300 King Street West Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Princess of Wales Theatre
Architects: Lett / Smith Architects (firm)
Designers: Stella, Frank Yabu Pushelberg, (firm)
Address: 31 King's College Circle Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Convocation Hall
Architects: Darling & Pearson (firm)
Address: 551 Mount Pleasant Road Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Belsize Theatre Notes: Renamed the Crest, and currently named the Regent Theatre.
Architects: Brown Murray
Address: 0 Oakwood Avenue Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Oakwood Theatre
Address: 522 Oakwood Avenue Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Grant Theatre
Address: 387 Parliament Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Eclipse Theatre Notes: Nos. 387-393 Parliament Street.
Address: 408 Queen Street East Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Imperial Theatre
Address: 700 Queen Street East Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Teck Theatre
Address: 1971 Queen Street East Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Allen Beach Theatre Notes: Became known as the "Beach Theatre" after the Allen Theatres chain was taken over by Famous Players in 1920. It operated as a theatre until the late 1960s and was turned into a mini-mall in the 1970s.
Architects: Hynes & Feldman & Watson (firm)
Address: 2177 Queen Street East Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Family Theatre Notes: Address sometimes listed as 2173 Queen Street East. Renamed the" Lake" in 1942. Replaced by a Royal Bank.
Address: 2236 Queen Street East Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Fox Theatre Notes: Initailly known as "The Theatre Without a Name", then as the Pastime Theatre. Was renamed the Prince Edward Theatre in 1915. Since 1937 it has been known as the Fox Theatre.
Address: 75 Queen Street West Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Broadway Theatre Notes: Originally known as the Globe Theatre. Later on, it was known as the Roxy and was Toronto's first Burlesque house. SEE ALSO: the Casino theatre, five doors to the west at 87 Quuen Street West.
Address: 1286 Queen Street West Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Kum-C Theatre
Address: 17 Richmond Street East Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Allen Theatre Notes: This was the first large downtown theatre to be erected exclusively for the presentation of moving pictures. SEE ALSO: Tivoli Theatre at same address. Name changed some time in the 1920s?
Address: 0 Richmond Street West Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Festival Hall Notes: Includes Famous Players' 4,500 seat, 14-screen cinema complex, a 3-D IMAX theatre, a Chapters bookstore, a Playdium video arcade as well as restaurants and bars.
Architects: Kirkland Partnership (firm)
Address: 15 Shuter Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Massey Hall Notes: Address sometimes listed as 178 Victoria Street.
Architects: Badgley Sidney Miller George
Address: 287 Spadina Avenue Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Standard Theatre Notes: The Standard Theatre was built on the site of the National Theatre, which featured Yiddish vaudeville. It continued to be played there until 1935, when the name was cahnged to the Strand. In the 1940s, the theatre was converted to show movies and was called the Victory. Much later on it became the "Golden Harvest" and showed Chinese movies.
Address: 1780 St. Clair Avenue West Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Major (the)
Address: 23 Temperance Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Star Theatre
Address: 18 Terauley Street (now Bay) Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Shea's Hippodrome Notes: Was the largest theatre in Ontario when it opened in 1914. It was closed in 1957 and subsequently demolished to make way for the new Toronto City Hall.
Address: 0 Victoria Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Shea's Victoria Theatre
Architects: Lempert L.H. & Son
Address: 178 Victoria Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Massey Hall Notes: See: 15 Shuter Street
Address: 244 Victoria Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Pantages Theatre Notes: Initially the Pantages Theatre (1920). Then re-named the Imperial Theatre on March 15, 1930. Re-named as the Imperial Six Theatre when it was converted into six smaller auditoriums in 1972 by Mandel Sprachman. It was purchased in 1986 by Cineplex Odeon Corporation in 1986 and restored and renovated by architect David Mesbur. It re-opened in 1989, again as the Pantages Theatre. The street address in some sources is occaisionally listed as no. 263 Yonge Street. SEE ALSO: Pantages Place (the proposed new hotel / condominium complex)- at Yonge and Shuter Streets. Renamed the CANON THEATRE in 2001.
Architects: Lamb Thomas Mesbur David Sprachman Mandel
Address: 244 Victoria Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Canon Theatre Notes: SEE: Pantages Theatre
Address: 0 Yonge Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: AT & T Centre for the Perf. Ar Notes: SEE: Pantages Tower on Yonge Street.
Address: 0 Yonge Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Silver City Notes: Situated in a redeveloped shopping plaza, the nine-screen cinema is Famous Player's 10th SilverCity to open in Canada.
Address: 91 Yonge Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Strand Building Notes: In 1850s, site was known as the "Phoenix Foundry". In 1874, functioned as the retail outlet to the E. & C. Gurney & Co., offering stoves and tinware. In 1890, Nos. 91 and 93 Yonge St. became a music theatre known as "Robinson's Musee Theatre". Had many other name changes in the years to follow, including "J.H. Moore's Musee Theatre", "Robinson's Bijou Theatre", "The Bijou", "Shea's Theatre". Was known as the "Strand Theatre" from c1905 until its demolition in 1928, and was replaced by a single building known as "The Strand Building", whch was demolished in 1989 to make was for the National Trust Building".
Address: 91 Yonge Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Shea's Yonge Street Theatre Notes: SEE ALSO: Strand Building at the same address. After the building of the Shea's Victoria Theatre (Victoria & Richmond Street East), the Yonge St. theatre changed hands and became the Star Burlesque.
Address: 93 Yonge Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Strand Building Notes: SEE: 91 Yonge Street.
Address: 141 Yonge Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: His Magesty's Theatre
Address: 189 Yonge Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Elgin & Wintergarden Theatres Notes: Originally callled Lowe's Yonge Street Theatre. The Wintergarden Theatre is upstairs. The lower theatre first opened in Dec. 1913, and the upper theatre opened in Feb. 1914.
Architects: Lamb Thomas Makepeace Stanley Stillman H.N.
Address: 220 Yonge Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Cineplex
Architects: Sprachman Mandel
Address: 263 Yonge Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Pantages Theatre Notes: See: 244 Victoria Street.
Address: 373 Yonge Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Rio Notes: Closed in 1992.
Address: 444 Yonge Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Eaton Auditorium
Architects: Carlu Jacques
Address: 764 Yonge Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Uptown Theatre Notes: Initially known as Loew's Uptown Theatre
Address: 1517 Yonge Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Hollywood Theatre Notes: May also be listed at no.1519 Yonge Street.
Architects: Duerr Herbert G.
Address: 2063 Yonge Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Oriole Theatre Notes: Address sometimes given as 2061 Yonge St. Name changed to "the Cinema" in 1942. Became known as the "International Cinema" in 1949.
Address: 2567 Yonge Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Circle Theatre
Address: 3291 Yonge Street Type of Building: Theatres Name of Building: Bedford Park Theatre Notes: Renamed the Park in 1948. Converted to a store in 1985.
Architects: Brown Murray Kaplan & Sprachman (firm)
