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The Orpheum Theatre in Memphis

The Orpheum Theatre in Memphis was built in 1928 and renovated in the early 1980s. Classic movies are shown during the summer (like Gone with the Wind, The Godfather, Wizard of Oz, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Casablanca). It is home to Ballet Memphis and Opera Memphis, and hosts concerts as well as Broadway shows. The current lineup of shows include Wicked (through the end of this month), 9 to 5: The Musical, Shrek: The Musical, and Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. For the full listing of events, click here.

I snapped these photos throughout the 18 or so months I’ve lived here when I happened to be in the neighborhood (Beale Street :p).

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The Orpheum Theatre stands on the corner of Main Street & Beale Street

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View from Main Street looking south

With the marquees all lit up…..

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I :heart; the lights

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Reminding everyone of Elvis Week

If you’ve seen the Stars on Hollywood Boulevard (in Los Angeles, California)… here in Memphis, we have our own famous sidewalk in front and on the right side of the Orpheum.

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Recognize any names?

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How ’bout these?

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Memphis’ own Sidewalk of Stars

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David Copperfield’s star

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Billy Cosby’s

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Taken just last week
Looks like a new marquee was installed…….niiiice!

To view photo in Flickr, go to http://www.flickr.com/photos/yummies4tummies/5092306460

All the famous “stars” on the sidewalk:

  • Louis Armstrong
  • Tony Bennett
  • Sarah Bernhardt
  • George Burns
  • Yul Brynner
  • George Carlin
  • Ray Charles
  • Harry Connick Jr.
  • David Copperfield
  • Tim Conway
  • Bill Cosby
  • Barbara Eden
  • Duke Ellington
  • Kenny G
  • Robert Goulet
  • Cary Grant
  • Dorothy Hamill
  • Isaac Hayes
  • Lenna Horne
  • Harry Houdini
  • Julio Iglesias
  • Tom Jones
  • Stacy Keach
  • Helen Keller
  • B.B. King
  • Gladys Knight
  • Jay Leno
  • Jerry Lewis
  • Barry Manilow
  • Johnny Mathis
  • Eddie Murphy
  • Marie Osmond
  • Peter Paul & Mary
  • Gregory Peck
  • Robert Plant
  • Juliet Prowse
  • Anthony Quinn
  • Bonnie Raitt
  • Cathy Rigby
  • Mickey Rooney
  • Jerry Seinfeld
  • Cybil Shepherd
  • John Philip Sousa
  • Dick Van Dyke
  • Stevie Ray Vaughn
  • Ben Vereen
  • Dionne Warwick
  • Mae West
  • Andy Williams

Hope I didn’t miss anyone! (I didn’t mean to, if I did!)

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