The first Lyric Theatre opened in 1916, purpose-built as a cinema. Steinberg's showed movies for a brief period, but ceased in 1915, and Julius Steinberg proposed a new Lyric Theatre to replace the Opera House. Through the early 20th century, Steinberg's presented live shows. įrom its opening, Steinberg's Grand Opera House competed with the larger City Opera House, one block west. The opera house was located on the second floor of the Steinberg Block, which also contained Steinberg's other businesses and personal residence. Steinberg's Grand Opera House had a seating capacity of 850, and featured a 32 by 45 feet (9.8 m × 13.7 m) stage. The opera house opened in December 1894, with a production of Hamlet featuring Walker Whiteside. Ĭonstruction of the opera house cost an estimated $60,000 (equivalent to $2,030,000 in 2022), and was financed partially by special sales of merchandise from Steinberg's retail business. Steinberg expanded his businesses from clothing to dry goods to live performance, and began construction on the State's predecessor, Steinberg's Grand Opera House, in 1891. "Grandfather Julius" arrived in Traverse City in 1868 from Suwałki, Russian Poland, fleeing military conscription. Steinberg, Traverse City's first Jewish resident. The predecessors of the State Theatre were built by Julius H. Predecessors Steinberg's Grand Opera House, 1895 Major renovations were completed in 2007, turning the State into a contemporary atmospheric theatre. Multiple proposals to reuse the State failed, until it reopened in 2005 as the home of the Traverse City Film Festival. The present-day theatre, the State, opened in 1949 and operated as a first-run cinema until 1996. A new Lyric Theatre was built on the same site, and burned down 25 years later in 1948. It closed in 1915, and was succeeded by the Lyric Theatre, which burned down in 1923. The first theatre on the block, Steinberg's Grand Opera House, opened in 1894. The State is the fourth theatre on its site on East Front Street. In its current iteration, it is operated by the Traverse City Film Festival, and presents a year-round schedule of film and live performances.
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The State Theatre is a movie theater in Traverse City, Michigan.
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