Mary G. Steiner Egyptian Theatre, Egyptian Revival movie theater in Park City, US
The Mary G. Steiner Egyptian Theatre is a movie theater built in Egyptian Revival style on Main Street in Park City, Utah. The building's surfaces, both inside and out, are covered with hieroglyphics, lotus motifs, and scarab imagery worked into the architectural details throughout.
The building went up in 1926 on the site of an earlier cinema called the Dewey Theatre. It was the first movie house in Park City to be fitted with sound equipment, marking the local shift from silent films to talkies.
The theater is one of the main venues for the Sundance Film Festival, drawing independent filmmakers from around the world each year. During the festival, the street outside fills with people, and the building takes on a role far beyond a regular cinema.
The theater sits right on Main Street in downtown Park City and is easy to reach on foot from most of the central area. Arriving a little early gives you time to look over the decorative details on the facade and in the entrance before any show begins.
Beneath the main hall, the basement has been converted into Egyptian Studios, a smaller performance space used by local theater groups and emerging artists. This area below street level is easy to miss for anyone who only passes by the main entrance on Main Street.
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