The History Of The Theatre : The theatre was first opened on Feb. 1st, 1921 as the LYRIC Theatre by Click photo for larger view Harry Hartman who previously had several other nickelodeons in Northampton. He opened the 1000 seat Lyric at 20th and Main Streets to replace his 350 seat Lyric across the street in order to provide more seating and larger stage accommodations for vaudeville. Hit hard...