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The Gaiety Theatre (1878-1882) of Boston, Massachusetts, was located on Washington Street on the block between West and Avery Streets. J. Wentworth oversaw its operations. It occupied the former Melodeon. The Gaiety's 800-seat auditorium featured "walls and ceiling ... panelled in pink, with buff, gold and purple borders; the balcony fronts ... bronze, gray, and pink." In 1882 it became the Bijou Theatre.

References

1. Boston Almanac. 1879-1882
2. Boston Daily Globe, Feb. 20, 1881
3. Donald C. King (2005), The Theatres of Boston: a Stage and Screen History, Jefferson, N.C: McFarland & Co., ISBN 0-7864-1910-5, OL 3392044M, 0786419105
4. King's Handbook of Boston, 4th ed. Cambridge, Massachusetts: M. King, 1881
5. Boston Athenaeum. Theater History Archived 2021-04-14 at the Wayback Machine. Bijou Theatre (1882- 1952), 545 Washington Street. Retrieved 2012-03-16

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