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Metropolitan Theatre  
Address University Street, between 4th and 5th Avenues
Opening Night Seating Capacity unknown
Original Theatre Owner unknown
Original Theatre Architect unknown
Years of Operation unknown (in operation from circa 1924 through at least December 1929)
Type of Musical Accompaniment unknown
Current Status Demolished

The Metropolitan Theatre at times featured Seattle organist Warren Wright. Opera singer and actress Geraldine Farrar performed at the Metropolitan in 1924 and in 1929.

Showing the week of 1 December 1929, live performance of the play Journey’s End (1929) with Colin Clive (closing performance).

The Metropolitan stood on the site currently occupied by the Fairmount Olympic Hotel.

References: Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1 December 1929, p. 6E.

 

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