The story
C. Howard Crane designed the theater, which opened with 5,060 seats and cost $6 million to build. Its decor is an eclectic mix of Asian motifs sometimes called Siamese Byzantine. William Fox nicknamed it the "Eve Leo Style" after his wife. The interior is an architectural twin of the Fox Theatre that opened in Detroit in 1928.
The Fox closed in March 1978. Fox Associates bought it in 1981, restored it for at least $3 million, and reopened it in September 1982. Today it seats 4,192, plus 234 in the private Fox Club.
Everything that was here
- 1929–present · still open
The Fabulous Fox TheatreTheater / Music Venue
When the Fox opened on January 31, 1929, it was reportedly the second-largest theater in the country, and its interior is a twin of Detroit's Fox.
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