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Shubert Lafayette Theatre

Address: Shubert & Lafayette

City: Detroit

State: MI

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County: Wayne

Open: 1911

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Number of visits to this page: 4349

Notes: AKA Orpheum from 1911-1915

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1/4/2004 - Karen P Hunt

This theatre presented live shows, notably Errol Flynn's dramatic bomb, "The Master of Thornefield." It was supposed to be the pre-Broadway tryout, but Flynn was so bad in this, because of his alcoholism, that the run was cancelled after a few performances. This happened in the late 1950's.

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