The Riverside Fox Theater returns
The Bulletin puts all the attention on the Pomona Fox, since that's the one within the bounds of our coverage area, but Riverside recently restored its Fox theater too.
I hadn't been there since its January reopening until last Friday, when the theater showed the Marx Brothers classic "Duck Soup" and then had the acclaimed Frank Ferrante doing his one-man Groucho show (well, two-man if you include accompanist Jim Furmston on piano). It wasn't exactly well attended -- it looked to me like about 400 people in the audience -- but it was a fun show.
Here are a few (rather poor, I'm afraid) photos of the joint: the mezzanine (right), a false opera box with tiled stairway (below left), a light fixture with starburst in the auditorium (below right), and the interior and exterior (further below). I have to say, the $32 million renovation is beautiful.
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The Fox is where "Gone with the Wind" was first shown to the public:
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And the pictures were lovely! ;)
Here's a review of the show from another blog:
http://www.newsfromme.com/archives/2010_05_08.html#018928
What did you think?
[I thought he took a long time to get to the point. Oh, you mean the show, not the review? The show was consistently funny and very Groucho-like. Maybe half an hour too long. Great ad-libs and audience interaction. The movie, of course, was genius. An enjoyable evening. -- DA]
Thanks for sharing these wonderful pictures. You have a very nice blog.