Fenway Theatre facts for kids

A 1915 advertisement for a Dustin Farnum production

Fenway Theatre in Boston, c. 1918

A 1919 advertisement for the theatre

A 1919 advertisement for the theatre

The Massachusetts Avenue entrance to Berklee Performance Center in 2011

The Fenway Theatre (1915–1972) of Boston, Massachusetts, was a cinema and concert hall in the Back Bay, located at no.136 Massachusetts Avenue at Boylston Street.

Architect Thomas W. Lamb designed the building; its interior was "marble and velvet." The auditorium sat 1,600. In the early 1970s Aerosmith used the theatre for rehearsals. In 1972 the Berklee College of Music bought the property; the remodeled Berklee Performance Center opened in 1976 and continues today.

Notable events and screenings

1910s

• The Misleading Lady, with Edna Mayo and Henry B. Walthall
• Behind the Screen, with Charlie Chaplin
• Unprotected, with Blanche Sweet
• At the Edge of the Aqueduct, with Doris Gray
• Man of Mystery, with E. H. Sothern
• The Great Secret, with Francis X. Bushman
• Fenway Symphony Orchestra concert

1920s

• Water Water Everywhere, with Will Rogers
• April Folly, with Marion Davies
• Ghost in the Garret, with Dorothy Gish
• The Inner Voice, with Agnes Ayres
• A Question of Honor, with Anita Stewart
• The Ruling Passion, with George Arliss
• Come on Over, with Colleen Moore
• Josephine Elbery ("the Back Bay nightingale")
• Yellow Men and Gold, with Helene Chadwick
• The Yankee Consul
• Lilac Time

1960s

• Question 7

1970s

• T Rex in concert
• Badfinger in concert
• [Butterfield Blues Band Reunion December 10-11 or 21-22 1971]{