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The Pantages Theatre of Tacoma is one of the cultural crown jewels of Washington State.
Greek immigrant-turned-impresario Alexander Pantages opened it in January 1918, with a
little assistance from his mistress and business partner in the Gold Rush era,
“Klondike Kate” Rockwell. Sparing no expense, it was decorated in the style
that came to be known as Pantages Greek by Seattle architect B. Marcus Priteca, whose
inspiration was Marie Antoinette's little pied-à-terre, the Palace of
Versailles. The Pantages hosted vaudeville acts for eight years until it was sold to RKO,
which changed the bill to feature films and its name to the Orpheum. Like theatres across
the country, it hung on through thick and thin but declined with the rest of Tacoma's
historic downtown through the 1960s. In 1975, a coalition formed to save the classic
1,169-seat theatre and its smaller neighbor, the Rialto. The Orpheum managed to play the
original Star Wars (1977) for three years, and by the time The
Empire Strikes Back came out in 1980, it was ready for its closeup.