Sioux City Orpheum
520 Pierce Street,
Sioux City,
IA
51104
520 Pierce Street,
Sioux City,
IA
51104
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This theatre building looks like a department store or office building from the outside(besides the theatre sign)!!
Opened with on screen 1 with “Grease 2” and on screen 2 with “Bambi”.
2 screens opening on June 18th, 1982. Ad in the photo section.
PaulWolter the first Orpheum was the Victory Theatre or originally named: Lyric Theatre.
The Orpheum Theater at the corner of 6th & Pierce is actually the third theatre in Sioux City. The second building was known as The Capitol and was remodled by Rapp & Rapp after the building of the present day Orpheum. They did not design the theatre on Nebraska Street, only the theatre on Pierce. I worked at the Orheum from the early 1960’s to the 1970’s and writing a book.
Here is a 1966 photo from Life Magazine:
http://tinyurl.com/6xum85
The Fall 2008 issue of Classic Trains Magazine has a neat color photo taken in May 1948 of two Sioux City Service Co. trolley cars meeting at Turner and Villa streets. One car has on its front a poster ad for the Orpheum Theatre. Movies are Frank Sinatra in “The Miracle of the Bells” plus “co-hit” “My Dog Rusty”.
Does anyone have any information on the old Orpheum Theatre in Sioux City? Apparently Rapp & Rapp designed a theatre in Sioux City around 1917.
An excellent article with background information can be found on this link from Architecture Week: View link
Marquee photos/restoration information:
http://www.wagnersign.com/orpheum.html
Recent color photos of this theatre can be found on the site: “America’s Stunning Theatres” by photographer and stagehand Noah Kern at: http://www.pbase.com/affablebeef/theatres Comments and information may be left there without registration; such can be public view or only to Mr. Kern. Scroll down the page to find the name, and then click on the sample image above it to be taken to the page of photos of it.
The beautifully restored and magnificent Sioux City Orpheum Theatre is not Art Nouveau in style. It would be much closer to baroque as far as the interior is concerned although on tours of the building it has been called French Renaissance.
A list of Sioux City Orpheum events is available at: http://www.orpheumlive.com/events.php
Visit the site of the architectural firm in charge of the engineering and reconstruction of this magnificent theater: View link Before & after pictures as well as a stunning picture of the restored auditorium and new chandelier. This theater did $300K it’s first month of operation and has hosted stars like Bill Cosby, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson & George Carlin and will soon have shows with BB King, Ray Charles and David Copperfield.
I wrote along time ago for a list of upcoming attractions at the Orpheum in Sioux City and I did not receive an answer
Could you email me a list of upcoming attractions or the web address where I may keep updated.
Could you mail me the current seating chart for the theatre?
Thank You.
Lucas Christian Stock
Could you e-mail me the seating chart/arrangement?
Thanks
Larry Hudson
The picture for the Sioux City Orpheum is actually the 1st Orpheum Sioux City had, a much smaller one than is currently being renovated. Here is what the future outside of the theater building will look like: View link
The actual site to watch the progress (when the cam isn’t covered or shut off to facilitate construction) is http://orpheumlive.com the http://www.siouxcityorpheum.com is the original publicity site for the theater, it hasn’t been updated in ages.