Riviera Theatre & Performing Arts Center

Billed as the “Showplace of the Tonawandas,” the 1926 Riviera Theatre, with its original “Mighty Wurlitzer Organ,” is listed on the National and New York State Registers of Historic Places

Billed as the “Showplace of the Tonawandas,” the 1926 Riviera Theatre, with its original “Mighty Wurlitzer Organ,” is listed on the National and New York State Registers of Historic Places.
 

Open year-round, this historic 1,140-seat entertainment venue presents top-quality live entertainment, movies, concerts, community, special events and a variety of cultural events.
 

Originally featured on the screen when the theater opened were the silent films “Upstage” starring Norma Shearer, “The Mona Lisa”, in Technicolor, a short comedy, and the weekly newsreel. Organist Fred Meyer accompanied the films and soloed at the Mighty Wurlitzer. The stage featured vaudeville and musical events, as well as magic shows.

 

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