Brady Theater
105 W. Brady Street,
Tulsa,
OK
74103
105 W. Brady Street,
Tulsa,
OK
74103
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The old lady on Brady is still entertaining audiences after all these years,
http://www.roadsideoklahoma.com/node/732
1947 Brady backstage view, courtesy LIFE,
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Per the theater’s own web site, the architectural style of the exterior is “Western Classic Revival” whatever that is. It also states that its interior recieved an Art Deco renovation in 1930. Therefore, the intro needs to be amended. I assume that the architectural style field usually refers to the interior and this theater is most definitely not the Mission Revival that it currently shows.
It looks like the Brady closed and then re-opened again, as there is a show there today:
http://tinyurl.com/6aq3pk
Recent photo with complete theatre history …
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Period views of the Brady stage and organ console.
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/C0129.jpg
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/C0131.jpg – http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/C0133.jpg
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/C0136.jpg & http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/F0044.jpg
Some sort of multiple piano concert was being performed on the Brady stage when this vintage picture was shot. Must have been entertaining!
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/B3307.jpg
Hydraulic shafts enabled this stage to be raised or lowered to suit the program.
Tulsa Town Hall Meetings usually took place at the Brady, as above posted photos depict. The first image shows the subdued elegance of the original 1914 auditorium design, by Rose & Peterson of Kansas City. The second image shows the Bruce Goff 1930 Art Deco interior remodel.
Brady Theatre auditorium view -
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/B4004.jpg
and after a 1940’s renovation -
http://www.tulsalibrary.org/JPG/B4002.jpg