Al. Ringling Theatre

Al. Ringling Theatre

The Al. Ringling Theatre in Baraboo, Wisconsin opened its doors in November, 1915 and has been operating continuously ever since. It was built by Albert Ringling, one of the circus Ringling Brothers, for $100,000. Over the years, it has featured performances from vaudeville and silent movies to grand opera starring such notables as Lionel Barrymore and Mary Pickford.

The design and decor of the auditorium is said to have derived from Ange-Jacques Gabriel's opera house of 1763-1770 in the Palace of Versailles but some believe it to be at least equally based on Victor Louis's 1764 "Grand-Théâtre" in Bordeaux.

The theater has a 3 manual Barton theater pipe organ, however it originally had a Wurlitzer. [http://www.alringling.com/barton.htm]

The Al Ringling Theater was featured in an episode of PBS's "History Detectives", where they investigated whether it was the country's first great movie palace? [http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/investigations/102_theater.html]

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External links

* [http://www.alringling.com/history.htm Al. Ringling Theater home page]


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