Strand Theatre Corp-Shreveport

In May 1923, it was announced in the Shreveport Times that a new 2500 seat opera house would be built totaling $750, 000. In October 1923, construction began. The people causing this to happen were the Saenger Brothers and Ehrlich Brothers. The Saenger Brothers lived in Shreveport and were both pharmacists who owned and operated a drug store. In their drug store was a 1 cent coin operated...

The Strand Theatre in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA, opened in 1925 as a Vaudeville venue and was nicknamed "The greatest theatre of the South" and the "Million Dollar Theatre" by its builders, Julian and Abraham Saenger of Shreveport, owners of the Saenger Amusements Company, which operated theaters throughout the American South and in Central America. By the 1940s it had evolved into a movie...

The Strand Theatre is a performing arts venue in Shreveport, Louisiana. Originally opened in 1925 as an opera/movie palace, it was renovated and reopened in 1984 as the performing arts venue it is today. The Strand presents touring Broadway productions, concerts, dance and much more!

The Strand Theatre opens and is dubbed both the 'Grandest Theatre in the South' and the 'Million Dollar Theatre.' The first performance was a comic opera called The Chocolate Soldier starring Eva Olivotti. JULY, 1925 1930's Famous radio program host Guy Lombardo airs his live radio program at the theatre while on tour. The Strand Theatre also begins remodeling and the selling of concessions...