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Name: Senate Theater   Street: 6424 Michigan Ave
City: Detroit    State: MI    Zip: 48210    Phone: 313-894-4100
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County: Wayne Operator: Detroit Theater Organ Society
Open: 1926 Closed: N/A Capacity: 900 Status: Closed
Web Address: N/A
Architect: Christian W Brandt
Number of visits to this page since February 23, 2007: 3053
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Entry Date: 6/17/2010 - Fred: The Senate Theater building and adjacent properties are for sale.
Signs are posted.
www.dtos.org
Entry Date: 12/31/2009 - Jon C.: The Senate Theatre is now closed. The Detroit Theatre Organ Society could no longer afford to operate the theatre and has ended organ concerts at the Senate. The building is now for sale. The DTOS is looking for a new home for the Mighty Wurlitzer that was moved to the Senate from the Fisher Theatre 45 years ago. A sad story indeed.
Entry Date: 3/29/2007 - Sean Fitzgerald: Many a night was spent next door at the Senate Coney Island with my first girl, poet Laura Lenart. It was a great place and I had many great times there, after
a beer at Sharron''s old homestead, or hanging out at her house on Livernois and John Cronk. I always wondered what went on inside the theater.
Entry Date: 3/28/2007 - Joun LauterJohn Lauter: new updated web address for the DTOS/Senate theatre with pictures:
http://www.dtos.org/Design/Home/indexHome.htm
Entry Date: 2/15/2004 - Joan Brown: Please update the D.T.O.C. to D.T.O.S, as we are now the Detroit Theater Organ Society. We are a 501c(3) non-profit organization and are planning to do some major renovating/ remodeling of the 1928 Senate Theater. Anyone wishing to make a donation or would like to tour the building may contact me at Jbeethoven@aol.com. Thank you so much. Also the manager of the Theater is Jim Casterson.
Entry Date: 2/15/2004 - Cinema Treasures: The Senate opened in 1926 and its architect was Christian W. Brandt, who designed a number of smaller Detroit houses like the Times Square and LaSalle Garden, most of which have not survived.

Remodeled sometime in the 30s in an Art Deco style, including a new facade and tall vertical marquee, the Senate continued to operate until 1958 when it was closed.

The former theater was acquired by the Detroit Theater Organ Society in 1963 who renovated it and reduced seating from 1200 to about 900. The Society moved the former Fisher Theater organ from the Iris Theater, where it was briefly kept in 1961-2, to the Senate.

Since then, the Senate has been home to the DTOS, and features organ concerts. It no longer has its projection equipment, so unlike the Redford, which features organ concerts and classic motion pictures, the Senate is now a concert hall only.
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Entry Date: 12/19/2003 - Box Office Magazine: April 1959 - George Wise of the Senate Theatre was nursing bruises along with two members of Local 199, Fred Lokar and James Cunningham, all three of whom were set upon by an unidentified man last Friday evening.
Two bruisers beat and kicked the picketers in front of the theatre.
Another punched Wise in the face some time later after inferring the other beating had been instigated by Wise, who has had picketing at the recently opened Senate because of failure to hire a union projectionist.
Entry Date: 12/18/2003 - Box Office Magazine: May 1959 - George Wise reported two minor fires in one day at the Senate Theatre.
Entry Date: 12/18/2003 - Box Office Magazine: February 1959 - George Wise reopened the Senate as lesee.
The house was formerly run by A&W Theatres.
Bill Clark is handling all buying-booking.
Clark is also taking over the buying for Bob Pennels Cozy at Decatur.
Entry Date: 3/19/2003 - Joan Brown: Concerts are performed by world known organist and cost is just $12.00 for concert.
Memberships are available and members attend concerts free.
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