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2014 photos
Interior
- Shea's North Park Theatre
1428 Hertel Avenue, Buffalo NY
Shea's North Park Theatre  - Official Web Site

On this page, below:
The Auditorium
The Stage

The Dome


The Auditorium
2014 photos


Round center dome ... Oval stage dome ... Proscenium stage




The larger screen, required to show newer films in digital format, sits in front of the original screen.




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Detail #1 ... Beaux Arts Classical style




Detail #2 ... Cloth reinforced plaster ornamentation ... Acanthus leaves (top) ... Bead-and-reel ... Fluting ... Festoon




Art Deco style wall sconce




Art Deco style light fixture  ... Two details below:




Art Deco style light fixture  ... Detail #1




Art Deco style light fixture  ... Detail #2




Rear of auditorium



The Stage


Stage  featuring oval  dome




Side of the stage ... Three stenciled panel details below:




Detail #1 ... Stenciled panel




Detail #2 ... Stenciled pattern below:




Detail #2 ... Stenciled  pattern




Cloth reinforced plaster  classical figures




Capital with two types of acanthus leaves




Three details below:




Detail #1 ... Cloth reinforced plaster ornamentation




Detail #2 ... Dentils (top) ... Egg-and-dart ... Bead-and-reel ... Anthemia ... Leaf-and-dart




Detail #3




Painting by Raphael Beck ... Six details of the top classical plaster faces and mural below:




Detail #1




Detail #2 ... Melpomene, the Greek muse of tragedy, holding her  stage mask




Detail #3




Detail #4




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Detail #6 ... Thalia, the muse of comedy, holding her stage mask.




The Dome



 Beaux Arts Classicism style center round dome  painted by Raphael Beck





Nine muses(?)




Sun




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Special thanks to owners Thomas Eoannou and Michael Christiano, and to Program Director Ray Barker, for their cooperation in 2014.
Photos and their arrangement © 2014 Chuck LaChiusa
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