Larcom Theatre
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The Larcom Theatre is located on Wallis Street in Beverly, Massachusetts
and houses the two-hour Le Grand David
production, An Anthology of Stage Magic.
Harris and Glover Ware, two brothers and former vaudeville musicians from Marblehead, Massachusetts built the Larcom in 1912 and named it for the Beverly-born poetess Lucy Larcom
. In 1984, the Le Grand David
Spectacular Magic Company bought the Larcom and launched a restoration project that dwarfed their previous Cabot Street Cinema Theatre
restoration . The Larcom Theatre was purchased in 1984 and received a balcony-to-boiler-room renovation. In October 1985 the Le Grand David
troupe premiered a second resident production of conjuring, music, comedy and dance “in the style and tradition of the turn of the 19th century.”
In 1995, the Le Grand David Company opened an expanded wing adjoining the original Larcom structure. The new wing includes: the Grand Salon lobby (appointed in oak, marble, and brass), a full kitchen, rehearsal place, three galleries of Le Grand David apparatus and poster artwork, a library, a meeting room, a guest suite, and a caretaker's apartment.
Beverly, Massachusetts
Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 39,343 on , which differs by no more than several hundred from the 39,862 obtained in the 2000 census. A resort, residential and manufacturing community on the North Shore, Beverly includes Beverly Farms and Prides...
and houses the two-hour Le Grand David
Le Grand David
Le Grand David and His Spectacular Magic Company is the longest consecutively running stage magic show in the world, according to Guinness World Records, and celebrated its 34nd anniversary on February 20, 2010. Marco the Magi started the show in the 1970s...
production, An Anthology of Stage Magic.
Lucy Larcom
Lucy Larcom was an American poet.-Biography:Larcom was born in Beverly, Massachusetts, in 1824, the ninth of ten children and died in Boston in 1893. She left Beverly, Massachusetts, in 1835 to work cotton mills in Lowell from the ages of 11 to 21. As a mill girl she hoped to earn some extra...
. In 1984, the Le Grand David
Le Grand David
Le Grand David and His Spectacular Magic Company is the longest consecutively running stage magic show in the world, according to Guinness World Records, and celebrated its 34nd anniversary on February 20, 2010. Marco the Magi started the show in the 1970s...
Spectacular Magic Company bought the Larcom and launched a restoration project that dwarfed their previous Cabot Street Cinema Theatre
Cabot Street Cinema Theatre
The Cabot Street Cinema Theatre is located at 286 Cabot Street in Beverly, Massachusetts. It offers live performances of the Le Grand David Spectacular Magic Company and art house films.See performance schedules at legranddavid.com...
restoration . The Larcom Theatre was purchased in 1984 and received a balcony-to-boiler-room renovation. In October 1985 the Le Grand David
Le Grand David
Le Grand David and His Spectacular Magic Company is the longest consecutively running stage magic show in the world, according to Guinness World Records, and celebrated its 34nd anniversary on February 20, 2010. Marco the Magi started the show in the 1970s...
troupe premiered a second resident production of conjuring, music, comedy and dance “in the style and tradition of the turn of the 19th century.”
In 1995, the Le Grand David Company opened an expanded wing adjoining the original Larcom structure. The new wing includes: the Grand Salon lobby (appointed in oak, marble, and brass), a full kitchen, rehearsal place, three galleries of Le Grand David apparatus and poster artwork, a library, a meeting room, a guest suite, and a caretaker's apartment.