Paramount Theatre (Abilene, Texas)
The Paramount Theatre is located in downtown Abilene, Texas at 352 Cypress Street.The Abilene Preservation League formed the Paramount Committee to prevent the building from imminent demolition by working with the National Register of Historic Places.[2] The Paramount was later restored with funding from Julia Matthews and the Dodge Jones Foundation in 1986.[3] The Paramount currently features films, live theatre performances, 1,187 split-aisle seats, a Spanish-Moorish interior, and a domed ceiling with moving clouds and glittering stars.Every summer, for decades the theatre has put on productions casting local amateur actors, and employing some of the best musicians, choreographers, set designers, and costumers from the area.
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