50 years ago today, Loew's State and Ohio closed. Few thought they would ever re-open. A couple years later a grassroots effort led by Ray Shepardson and a handful of others saved them.
From The Plain Dealer, February 9, 1969.
From The Plain Dealer, February 4, 1969.
Both Star! and Zebra started off well, but slumped badly as the weeks wore on. From Box Office, February 10, 1969.
From Box Office, February 17, 1969. The future of the two Loew houses didn't look too bright.
The Playhouse Square Association struggled in the early years. From the Plain Dealer, February 7, 1972. The conventional wisdom at the time was that no one will come downtown for shows anymore.
From The Cleveland Press, May 25, 1972.
From the Plain Dealer, September 9, 1972.
From the Plain Dealer, December 23, 1972.
We started work the day after Christmas, cleaning up debris in the Loew houses, more on that here.
On April 18, 1973 Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris opened. We had hoped it would run for a month, it ran for over two years.
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