Lebowsky Center for Performing Arts

Info Updates:

8/19/2015 - Mark Van Epps

The theater, showing mostly live events, has been reopened since 2013. It is home to Owosso Community Players and The Shiawassee Chamber Orchestra.

1/6/2011 - Renee

Currently Re-build.

2/14/2007 - ABC12.com

The historic Joseph Lebowsky Theater in Owosso burned Tuesday night, as firefighters fought snow and cold in hopes of containing the fire. One witness said smoke was billowing from the inside of the building. The theater has undergone several transformations over the years. Most recently, the Owosso Community Players teamed up with Home Depot to renovate the building. Those involved with the theater and the people who performed there are having trouble comprehending the loss. "It's very numbing to me. I can't feel anything right now," said former theater board member Paul Kuhlman. "It's a sad day, a very sad day. It was a place in the community for people to gather. It gave people a chance to meet people they would never meet - where a doctor could work next to someone who worked at Wal Mart in a play and everyone was equally important," said Mardie Hornus, another former theater board member. "It's just a special thing for a community to have a gem like this, not to mention it was a 1926 theater. It was a beautiful building."

2/14/2007 - Scott Reed

WJRT is reporting that the theater caught fire tonight (2/13/07). No reports on damage yet, although the headline says it 'burned down' and a witness reports seeing smoke billowing out of the building.

2/13/2003 - Michigans Historic Sites Online

The Capitol Theatre is a large, rectangular, gable-roofed, Romanesque Revival brick and limestone-trimmed building, accented by serrated round arch brick decoration at its front and side facade, and is fronted by a square, terra cotta trimmed front pavilion. The present marquee and the application of first story enameled tiles are the result of a 1952 remodeling. The Capitol Theatre is the work of theater architect George J. Bachman of Flint and recalls the business enterprise of merchant Joseph H. Lebowski, who constructed the theater and brought commercial prosperity to Owossos West End area in the 1920s.

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