PANTAGES

STORY: 

As you walk across the floor in front of the stage, you happen to look up into the balcony. As your eyes adjust to the shadowy darkness of the floor above, you are caught off guard. You had been sure were alone in the theater, but your eyes are met by a stunning brunette from days past. Dressed in elaborate vaudevillian era clothes, she only holds your gaze for a moment before fading into the darkness and seats behind her. After you are quite certain she is gone and that your eyes aren’t just playing tricks on you, you look back to the empty stage and seats around you and continue on your path towards the exit. Just as you are on your way out in to the lobby, you hear the whisper of a soft Italian ballad from up above.

HISTORY: 

Alexander Pantages opened the Pantages Theater in 1918 with the help and financial backing of his lover, “Klondike” Kate Rockwell. The theater, which was one of a chain of Pantage’s vaudeville theaters, was modeled after one of the elaborate theaters in the Palace of Versailles. Rumor is that Kate spent all of her fortune on the theatre, Pantages married another mistress, and she died penniless and heartbroken.