Boulder Theater
Boulder Theater is a music theater in Boulder, Colorado.
History
Boulder Theater opened in 1906 as the Curran Opera House. The opening night was October 2, 1906, presenting a play by William Collier Sr. entitled "On the Quiet". Initially, James A. Curran served as the president of the opera house, with R. P. Penney as Vice President and Manager.Later, the theater presented ballet, church festivals, orchestral concerts, and early silent films. There also were children's shows.
In 1920, vice-presidential candidate Franklin Delano Roosevelt spoke at Boulder Theater. In 1929, the theater showed its first talkie film, Mother Knows Best.
In 1936, the Curran became a movie theater, renamed the Boulder Theater. The architecture was art-deco, and was inspired by the Boulder courthouse quite near.
In the 1980s the competition from Crossroads Mall was too much competition, so Boulder Theater turned into a night club, changing ownership several times. The building was threatened with being torn down. Historic Boulder brokered a deal to make building safe and make it a local landmark.
Boulder Theater survived the COVID-19 shutdown, and still hosts acts.