Carver Theater, Historical movie theater in New Orleans, United States.
The Carver Theater is a 1950 movie house on Orleans Avenue that has retained its original exterior design and holds about 1200 seats. The building has been converted into a flexible venue for artistic events ranging from concerts to theatrical performances.
The building opened in 1950 as a movie house for Black audiences and later earned recognition through historic landmark status. Major restoration work took place in 2014 to address damage from past natural disasters.
The theater is named after George Washington Carver. Built in 1950, it hosted concerts, plays, off-Broadway shows, films, conventions, graduations, Mardi Gras balls and dance recitals, and after reopening in 2014 it again serves as a venue for such events.
The Carver Theater stands on Orleans Avenue in New Orleans, on the National Register of Historic Places. It reopened in 2014 after an $8 million renovation that stripped out the wood frame and drywall while keeping the exterior architectural details. The building is used for concerts, plays, films, conventions, graduations, Mardi Gras balls, recitals and private parties.
The theater took on six feet of water during Hurricane Katrina, and the 2014 renovation stripped out its wood frame and drywall. The exterior architectural details were kept, including the display windows that once held movie posters — they are preserved as fabric, not as a working poster display.
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