Metropolitan Theatre [London]
Metropolitan Theatre
Theatre building in London, United Kingdom
theater in City of Westminster
267 Edgware Road, London, W2 1XJ, England
Built 1897 by Frank Matcham. Opened 22 Dec 1897 as Metropolitan Theatre of Varieties. Ca. 1700 seats (+ 294 standing). Interior decoration by James M. Boekbinder. Later renamed Metropolitan Theatre and Metropolitan Music Hall. Demolished 1963 in favour of road widening (which never happened). Later, a police station was built on the site.