Barnum Theatre
1828-1830 Barnum Avenue,
Bridgeport,
CT
06610
1828-1830 Barnum Avenue,
Bridgeport,
CT
06610
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The Barnum Theatre was opened in 1947, and is located on the eponymously-named Barnum Avenue.
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Roger Katz
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The architect of the Barnum Theatre was Charles H. Abramowitz.
An MGM film called “The Unfinished Dance” with Danny Thomas and Margaret O'Brien was playing at the Barnum on 11/16/47. Other theaters advertised that day were the Colonial, Rivoli, Black Rock, West End, Brooklawn, Stratford, Bostwick, Community, Lyric and E.M. Loew’s Milford Open-Air Drive In.
The Barnum is for sale! Any takers? The sign said it was 2 floors, 1900 sq ft each floor.
One more thing. This theater is very structurally sound. The side on the left is freshly painted a stunning lavendar/violet all the way to the back of the former auditorium. The windows look new. It’s pretty long, maybe 100 feet or more. And it’s very near the continuance of Route 1 into Stratford where the neighborhood/light industry end.
Here is an August 1958 ad from the Bridgeport Post:
http://tinyurl.com/opaxhs
The Barnum Theatre opened around 1917 and closed on June 3, 1966 and was converted for commercial use.