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- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Parktheater Göggingen [Augsburg] (Q8075) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +928 Parktheater Göggingen [Augsburg] (Q8075) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1885-1886 as Kurhaustheater by Jean Keller for Friedrich von Hessing. Opened 25 July 1886 with Richard Genée's operetta Nanon, die Wirtin zum goldenen Lamm. 1920 repair works. Used as a cinema after rebuildings in the 1930s. From 1944 provisional home to the Augsburg Stadttheater ensemble. From 1951 used as dancing hall and cinema. Damaged by a fire in 1972. 1974-1981 repair and safety works. Renovated to the original plans ca. 1996. Curre... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Municipal Theatre [Aschaffenburg] (Q8548) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +782 Municipal Theatre [Aschaffenburg] (Q8548) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1810-1811 as Hoftheater by Emanuel Joseph von Herigoyen and Friedrich Samuel Balthasar Susenbeth for prince-primate Carl Theodor von Dalberg. Opened 1 Nov 1811, probably with Calderón's Der standhafte Prinz. Severely damaged by bombs in 1944 and 1945. 1959-1960 renovations. 1980-1981 renovations and stagehouse rebuilding. 533 seats (+ 62 standing). Currently used for guest performances., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Schloßgartentheater [Arnstadt] (Q8054) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +726 Schloßgartentheater [Arnstadt] (Q8054) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1841-1842 as Fürstliches Hoftheater, probably by Bohn, for prince Günther Friedrich Carl II. von Schwarzburg-Sondershausen, as a rebuilding of the ducal horse racing hall. 1903 and 1925 renovations. 1919 renamed Schloßgartentheater. 1988-1995 major renovation. Re-opened 1 September 1995 as Theater im Schloßgarten. Ca. 500 seats., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Municipal Theatre [Amberg] (Q8002) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +967 Municipal Theatre [Amberg] (Q8002) Created claim: Note (P44): Built c. 1460 as Franciscan Church, rebuilt in the 17th century. 1803 conversion to a theatre. Opened 12 Oct 1803 as Adeliges Gesellschaftstheater with the play Die Dienstpflicht. 1872 acquired by the city of Amberg. 1953 closed due to lacking fire safety. 1975-1978 major rebuilding, reversing auditorium and stage spaces, reusing the original auditorium balconies. Installation of a foyer in the former church choir. Re-opened 12 Oct 1978 with Moz... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Landestheater [Altenburg] (Q8066) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +1,117 Landestheater [Altenburg] (Q8066) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1869-1871 as Herzogliches Hoftheater for the duchy of Sachsen-Altenburg by Otto P. Brückwald with Robert Feller, using plans by Enger made when Duke Ernst ordered to build a theatre following Gottfried Semper's first Dresden opera house. Opened 16 April 1871 with Weber's Der Freischütz. Extensions in 1882 and 1895. 1904 front extension with staircases, auditorium alterations. 1920 renamed Landestheater. Rebuilding measures in 1927, 1938 (f... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Municipal Theatre [Aachen, DE] (Q8040) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +922 Municipal Theatre [Aachen, DE] (Q8040) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1823-1825 by Johann-Peter Cremer and Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1124 seats). Opened 1825 with Louis Spohr's Jessonda. 1900-1901 rebuilding by Heinrich Seeling: alterations of auditorium (1014 seats) and exterior (maintaining Cremer's portico). Destroyed by a fire after bombings on 14 July 1943. 1948-1951 restoration by Philipp Kerz without the two front towers and with a modern auditorium (942 seats). Re-opened 23 Dec 1951 with Wagner's Die... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Sarasota Opera House [Sarasota] (Q26092) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +611 Sarasota Opera House [Sarasota] (Q26092) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1925-1926 by Roy Benjamin. Opened 10 Apr 1926 as A. B. Edwards Theatre. 1936 renamed Florida Theatre. Closed 1973. 1982 major renovations. Re-opened as Sarasota Opera House. 2007-2008 major renovations. Ca. 1000 seats., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Historic Asolo Theatre [Sarasota] (Q25920) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +1,512 Historic Asolo Theatre [Sarasota] (Q25920) Created claim: Note (P44): Original theatre built 1798 by Antonio Locatelli of the Italian town Asolo (20 km north of Venezia). Opened 1798 with a drama by Carlo Goldoni. 1857 refurbishment by Martignano. 1929 demolished in favour of a new theatre (Teatro Eleonora Duse), while the auditorium interior decoration was stored in a warehouse. - 1949 auditorium interior bought and moved to Sarasota, Florida, by the estate of John Ringling. Originally installed into one of the g... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 BIG ARTS Strauss Theatre [Sanibel] (Q27389) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +642 BIG ARTS Strauss Theatre [Sanibel] (Q27389) Created claim: Note (P44): Opened 1991 as Pirate Playhouse, a larger replacement of the theatre of that name located nearby at the time. 180 seats. Later renamed Herb Strauss Schoolhouse Theater and BIG ARTS Strauss Theatre. Operated by BIG ARTS (Barrier Island Group For the Arts)., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Valencia Theater [San Francisco] (Q27332) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +604 Valencia Theater [San Francisco] (Q27332) Created claim: Note (P44): Opened 8 Sep 1908. 1700 seats. Later converted into a cinema. 1962 converted into a Greek Orthodox Church (Cathedral of the Annuniciation). Severely damaged in the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake. Subsequently demolished., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Castro Theatre [San Francisco] (Q12363) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +667 Castro Theatre [San Francisco] (Q12363) Created claim: Note (P44): Cinema, built 1922 by Timothy L. Pflueger for Nasser Brothers. 1976 leased by Mel Novikoff. 1979-1982 installation of a Wurlitzer pipe organ by Ray, Dick, and Bill Taylor. 1987 leased by Blumenfeld Theatres. Since 2001, again operated by the Nasser family. 2001-2003 renovations., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Little Theatre [Roanoke] (Q27359) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +443 Little Theatre [Roanoke] (Q27359) Created claim: Note (P44): Theatre of Hollins University (formerly Hollins College)., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Sombrero Playhouse [Phoenix] (Q27206) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +524 Sombrero Playhouse [Phoenix] (Q27206) Created claim: Note (P44): Opened 1947 as a theatre with restaurant. From 1949 also used as a cinema. Closed 5 Mar 1981. Converted into a shop and later demolished., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Varsity Theatre [Palo Alto] (Q25830) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +705 Varsity Theatre [Palo Alto] (Q25830) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1927. Used for musical performances and as a cinema. Since 1987, used as an Art House cinema. Closed on 7 July 1994. Subsequently converted into a book shop. - [NB: The building is not identical with another Varsity Theatre, built 1912 at another site on University Avenue and later converted into a restaurant.], #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Winter Garden Theatre [New York City] (Q12605) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +672 Winter Garden Theatre [New York City] (Q12605) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1911 by William Albert Swasey for the Shubert Brothers, by converting the American Horse Exchange (built 1885). 1928-1933 and 1945-1948 used as a cinema. Used for musical performances, including Warren's 42nd Street, A. L. Webber's Cats (7485 performances) and ABBA's Mamma Mia!., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 St James Theatre [New York City] (Q11883) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +722 St James Theatre [New York City] (Q11883) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1927 as Erlanger's Theatre by Warren and Wetmore for the Theatrical Syndicate. Opened 26 Sep 1927. 1935 renamed St. James Theatre. Used for major musicals, such as Oklahoma (2212 performances), Hello, Dolly (2844 performances) or The Producers (2502 performances). 1958 interior renovation. Originally 1509 seats, now 1618 seats., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:05, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Roxy Theatre [New York City] (Q12619) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:04, 11 September 2025 diff hist +579 Roxy Theatre [New York City] (Q12619) Created claim: Note (P44): Cinema, built 1927 by Walter W. Ahlschlager for Samuel L. Roxy Rothafel. Opened 11 March 1927. 1953 installation of Cinemascope. 6214 seats. Demolished in 1961 in favour of an office building., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:04, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Radio City Music Hall [New York City] (Q12501) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:04, 11 September 2025 diff hist +959 Radio City Music Hall [New York City] (Q12501) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1932 by Edward Durrell Stone for John D. Rockefeller Jr. and the Radio Corporation of America (RCA). Interior design by Donald Deskey. Opened 27 Dec 1932. Directed by S. L. Roxy Rothafel. 1999 major restoration by Hardy-Holzman Pfeiffer Associates. Originally used for movie-and-stage shows (with over 700 movie premieres). Currently used for popular concerts, movie premieres, and various other events. Home to the precision dance team, Radio... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:04, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Theatre 80 St. Marks [New York City] (Q27342) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:04, 11 September 2025 diff hist +754 Theatre 80 St. Marks [New York City] (Q27342) Created claim: Note (P44): Opened as a speakeasy cabaret in the 1920s. Later used for musical performances (including You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown). 1971 converted into a cinema (165 seats). Subsequently used for revivals of classic movies. Since 1984, re-converted into a theatre proper. Until 2009, home to the Pearl Theatre company. Used for drama performances, mainly of classic pieces., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:04, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Park Theatre [New York City, US] (Q12479) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:04, 11 September 2025 diff hist +582 Park Theatre [New York City, US] (Q12479) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1795-1798. Opened 29 Jan 1798 with Shakespeare's As You Like It. Destroyed by a fire in 1820. Subsequently rebuilt (interior design by William Strickland). Re-opened 1821. Destroyed by fire on 16 Dec 1848., #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:04, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Palace Theatre [New York City] (Q12600) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:04, 11 September 2025 diff hist +1,053 Palace Theatre [New York City] (Q12600) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1913 by Kirchoff & Rose for Martin Beck's Orpheum circuit. Opened 24 Mar 1913. Later operated by the Keith-Albee circuit. Used for vaudeville shows. 1930-1957 also used as a cinema, 1957-1965 exclusively used as a cinema. 1965 purchased by the Nederlanders Organization. Rebuiling and re-conversion to a theatre proper by Ralph Alswang. Ca. 1988 major exterior rebuilding, incorporating the theatre in the new skyscraper Embassy Suites Hotel;... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:04, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 David H. Koch Theater [New York City] (Q27599) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:04, 11 September 2025 diff hist +868 David H. Koch Theater [New York City] (Q27599) Created claim: Note (P44): Part of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Built by Philip Johnson. Opened 23 Apr 1964 as New York State Theater. First NYCO performance: Ginastera's Don Rodrigo on 22 Feb 1966. 1982 acoustical rebuilding by Philip Johnson and John Burgee with Cyril Harris. Renamed David H. Koch Theater on 25 Nov 2008 in honour of the sponsor and extreme-right political donor, David H. Koch (1940-2019). Home to the New York City Opera (until 2011) and the N... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:04, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 New Victory Theatre [New York City] (Q11877) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 current Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:04, 11 September 2025 diff hist +874 New Victory Theatre [New York City] (Q11877) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1900 as Theatre Republic by Albert E. Westover for Oscar Hammerstein. 1902 major interior rebuilding by Bigelow, Wallis & Cotten for David Belasco. Re-opened 29 Sep 1902 as Belasco Theatre. 1910 renamed Republic. Since 1930 operated as a burlesque theatre by Minsky. 1942 converted into a cinema and renamed Victory. In the 1990s reconverted into a theatre proper to the original 1902 plans, as part of the Times Square Redevelopment Project.... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:04, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 New Amsterdam Theatre [New York City] (Q11876) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:04, 11 September 2025 diff hist +874 New Amsterdam Theatre [New York City] (Q11876) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1903 by Herts & Tallant for Klaw and Erlanger. Opened 26 Oct 1903 with Shakespeare's A Midsummer Nights Dream. Home to the Ziegfeld Follies from 1913 until 1927. In the 1940s converted into a cinema. 1994-1997 renovation for Walt Disney Co. Re-opened May 1997 with a concert performance of King David. Since 1997, used for the musical, The Lion King. 1771 seats. - Roof theatre: Opened 1904 as Aerial Gardens (693 seats). 1914 renamed Danse de... Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:04, 11 September 2025 diff hist +355 Metropolitan Opera House [New York City] (Q12613) Added qualifier: Source (P63): CARTHALIA (Q495), #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1757591661939 Tag: Purkii [1.0]
- 13:04, 11 September 2025 diff hist +802 Metropolitan Opera House [New York City] (Q12613) Created claim: Note (P44): Built 1880-1883 by Josiah Cleaveland Cady for a group of businessmen. Opened 22 Oct 1883 with Gounod's Faust. 1883 addition of two office towers to each side of the building. 1892 interior damaged by fire, subsequently rebuilt while removing 52 of the original 122 boxes. 1940 removal of Grand Tier boxes. 3045 seats. Closed 1966 after the new Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center was opened. Demolished 1967., #quickstatements; #temporary_bat... Tag: Purkii [1.0]