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- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Springer Opera House [Columbus] (Q26332) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +1,110 Springer Opera House [Columbus] (Q26332) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1871 for Francis Joseph Springer. Opened 21 Feb 1871. Originally used for classical and popular drama, vaudeville and dance performances, and concerts. 1901 rebuildings. 1929 converted into a cinema. 1964 plans to demolish the theatre. Subsequently renovation funded by a citizens' group. Re-opened 1965. 1997-1999 major renovation by Hecht, Burdeshaw, Johnson, Kidd, and Clark (project architect: Ed Burdeshaw), including the installation of... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Cincinnati Music Hall [Cincinnati] (Q26749) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +1,529 Cincinnati Music Hall [Cincinnati] (Q26749) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1877-1878 by Samuel Hannaford, funded by Reuben Springer and public subscription. Organ by Hook & Hastings (6277 pipes). Originally intended for the biennial Cincinnati Music Festival and other symphonic and choral concerts. 1879 opening of two adjoining exhibition halls, Power Hall and Horticulture Hall. 1895-1896 conversion of Music Hall into an opera house (proscenium added). Re-opened May 1896. 1927 conversion of Power Hall into a wres... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Princess Theatre [Chicago] (Q25741) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +642 Princess Theatre [Chicago] (Q25741) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1906 by Kirchoff & Rose. Originally used for drama performances. In the 1910s, used for vaudeville shows and as a cinema. Since the 1920s, exclusively used as a cinema. 950 seats. Closed in the late 1930s. Demolished 1941 in favour of a parking lot., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 PrivateBank Theatre [Chicago] (Q25740) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +1,198 PrivateBank Theatre [Chicago] (Q25740) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1905 as Majestic Theatre by Edmund P. Krause and Cornelius W. Rapp. Opened 1 Jan 1906. Originally used for vaudeville performances and occasionally as a cinema. During the 1920s, operated by the Orpheum vaudeville circuit. 1945 bought by the Shubert Organization and renamed Shubert Theatre in memory of Sam Shubert. Subsequently restoration and redecoration. Since then used for musical and drama performances, including touring Broadway show... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, USA [Chicago, US] (Q692) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +855 Iroquois Theatre, Chicago, USA [Chicago, US] (Q692) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1903 as Iroquois Theatre. Opened November 1903. 1724 seats (1900 if standing room only). Originally advertised as absolutely fireproof, the theatre burnt during the performance of the musical comedy, Mr. Bluebeardon 30 Dec 1903. Over 600 audience members died in the deadliest theatre fire ever recorded. Interior damages subsequently repaired. Re-opened 1904 as Colonial Theatre. Demolished in 1926 in favour of the new Oriental Theatre (now... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Bristol Opera House [Bristol] (Q27350) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +836 Bristol Opera House [Bristol] (Q27350) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1896-1897 by Cyrus and Horace Mosier. Opened 1897 with U. S. S. Pinafore by the Arion Company. At various times used as a theatre, music hall, cinema (since 1915), skating rink. By 1940, the building was so dilapidated that it could only be used as a storage site. Plans to demolish the theatre in 1960 were not carried out. Instead, the theatre was leased to the Elkhart Civic Theatre which later bought and renovated it. Re-opened July 1961.... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Lyric Theater [Boonville] (Q27054) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +1,363 Lyric Theater [Boonville] (Q27054) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1855-1857 by the Tespian Society, a frontier dramatic organization founded in 1838. Opened 3 July 1857 with a grand ball, and dedication ceremonies held on Independence Day. Used as theatre, club meeting place, library, and city hall. Fortified and used as barracks, hospital and prison during the Civil War. 1901 remodeled into an opera house by J. L. Howard (enlargement of auditorium, addition of a stagehouse). Re-opened as Stephens Opera... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Morris A. Mechanic Theatre [Baltimore] (Q26097) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +477 Morris A. Mechanic Theatre [Baltimore] (Q26097) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1967. Named after the owner, Morris A. Mechanic. 1607 seats. Demolished in 2014/2015., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Loew s Grand Theatre [Atlanta] (Q27149) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +706 Loew s Grand Theatre [Atlanta] (Q27149) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1893 as DeGive's Grand Opera House for Laurent DeGive. After an auditorium rebuilding, renamed Loew's Grand Theatre and used as a cinema. Site of the world premiere screening of Gone with the Wind on 15 Dec 1939. Damaged by fire in Jan 1978. Remains demolished in favour of the office block Georgia-Pacific Tower., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 KiMo Theater [Albuquerque] (Q27111) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +1,309 KiMo Theater [Albuquerque] (Q27111) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1927 as a cinema for Oreste and Maria Bachechi in Pueblo Deco style (a fusion of Southwest Indian artwork and Art Deco design) by Carl Boller. Opened 19 Sep 1927 with the film Painting the Town. The name KiMo means mountain lion or, more freely interpreted, king of its kind. It was given to the theatre by Pablo Abeita, governor of the Isleta Pueblo (who won $50 for the name in a naming contest). The interior was designed to look like the i... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:37, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Barter Theatre [Abingdon] (Q25714) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +712 Barter Theatre [Abingdon] (Q25714) Created claim: Note (P44): Opened 10 June 1933. Home to the Barter Theatre company, founded by Robert Porterfield, who worked with unemployed actors during the Great Depression of 1933 - the admission price advertised at the opening was 35 cents or the equivalent in produce (hence the theatre's name). Since 1946, State Theatre of Virginia. 505 seats., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Music-Hall Elysée-Palace [Vichy] (Q9796) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +512 Music-Hall Elysée-Palace [Vichy] (Q9796) Created claim: Note (P44): Opened 1898 as Théâtre de l'Alcazar. 1904 rebuilding by Antoine Chanet. 1910 renamed Music-Hall Elysée-Palace. Closed 2003., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Théâtre Montansier [Versailles] (Q8454) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +602 Théâtre Montansier [Versailles] (Q8454) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1777 by Heurtier and Boullet for Marguerite Brunet (also known as Mademoiselle Montansier). Opened 18 Nov 1777 as Théâtre de la rue des Réservoirs. Soon after known as Théâtre Montansier. 1976 renovations., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Royal Opera of Versailles [Versailles] (Q7951) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +1,412 Royal Opera of Versailles [Versailles] (Q7951) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1769-1770 as Opéra Royal by Ange-Jacques Gabriel for King Louis XV, based on an existing 17th century building by François Mansart. Opened 16 May 1770 with Lully's Persée during the wedding festivities of Prince Louis (the future King Louis XVI) and the Austrian archduchesse Marie-Antoinette. 712 seats (largest theatre in France at the time of the opening). Closed during the French Revolution in 1789. 1837 revived by King Louis-Philippe, r... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Théâtre Antique [Vaison-la-Romaine] (Q8886) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +539 Théâtre Antique [Vaison-la-Romaine] (Q8886) Created claim: Note (P44): Ancient Roman theatre, built in the 1st century BC. Abandoned in the 4th century AD. Currently used by an annual summer ballet festival, Vaison Festival., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Théâtre de la Madeleine [Troyes] (Q8885) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +499 Théâtre de la Madeleine [Troyes] (Q8885) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1779. 1860 rebuilding. 1970-1971 renovations and rebuilding, façade extension by a glass foyer. 500 seats., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Le Théâtre Français de Tours [Tours] (Q9992) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +492 Le Théâtre Français de Tours [Tours] (Q9992) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1884. 2000 seats. Destroyed by fire in 1929. Subsequently, an apartment block was built on the site., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Théâtre du Capitole [Toulouse, FR] (Q8883) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +1,256 Théâtre du Capitole [Toulouse, FR] (Q8883) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1736-1737 by Guillaume Cammas as Théâtre du Capitole, at the site of a previous building used for theatre performances since the 16th century. Opened 11 June 1737. 1750 installation of a façade by Guillaume Cammas, combining various buildings to a single town hall/theatre complex. 1795 renamed Théâtre de la République. Closed 1800. Re-opened 1808. 1818 completely rebuilt within the existing exterior walls (1950 seats). Re-opened 1 Oct 1818... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Opéra de Toulon Provence Méditerraée [Toulon] (Q8882) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +608 Opéra de Toulon Provence Méditerraée [Toulon] (Q8882) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1860-1862 by Léon Feuchère. Statues by Klagmann. Opened 1 Oct 1862 as Théâtre Municipal. 2003 renamed Opéra de Toulon Provence Méditerranée. 1329 seats. Used for opera, operetta, ballet and drama performances., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Theatre of Thionville [Thionville] (Q8881) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +477 Theatre of Thionville [Thionville] (Q8881) Created claim: Note (P44): Municipal theatre. Later renamed Casino Municipal de Thionville and used as a multi-purpose event location., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Municipal Theatre of Tarascon [Tarascon-sur-Rhône, FR] (Q8880) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +554 Municipal Theatre of Tarascon [Tarascon-sur-Rhône, FR] (Q8880) Created claim: Note (P44): Second theatre built 1887-1888. Opened 1888 with Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia. Closed 1963 due to structural unsafety. 1985-1989 renovations. Re-opened 7 Jan 1989., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Opera of Strasbourg [Strasbourg, FR] (Q8878) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +945 Opera of Strasbourg [Strasbourg, FR] (Q8878) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1821 by Jean Villot. Opened 1821 with Grétry's La fausse magie. Destroyed by bombs on 10 September 1870. 1872-1873 reconstructed to Villot's plans by Johann Gottfried Conrath. Re-opened 4 September 1873 with Beethoven's ouverture Die Weihe des Hauses and Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro. 1888 extensions by Ott (new dressing rooms, library, costume stores). 1374 seats. - Used for opera and ballet performances by the resident opera company, Opéra... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Théâtre de Hautepierre [Strasbourg] (Q17439) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +397 Théâtre de Hautepierre [Strasbourg] (Q17439) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1978., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Théâtre municipal Gérard Philipe (Q35076) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +503 Théâtre municipal Gérard Philipe (Q35076) Created claim: Note (P44): Opened as Théâtre Municipal. Later renamed in honour of the French actor, Gérard Philipe (1922-1959). 1023 seats., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Theatre of Sens [Sens] (Q7986) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 12:36, 11 September 2025 diff hist +557 Theatre of Sens [Sens] (Q7986) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1882, replacing a previos theatre (built 1793-1794, many subsequent alterations). Opened 16 July 1882 with artists from the Paris Opéra and the Comédie-Française., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]