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NorShor Theatre Restoration No. 1

A view of the stage from the balcony at the NorShor Theatre in Duluth, MN, from several decades ago.

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NorShor Theatre Restoration No. 2

The NorShor Theatre in Duluth, MN, when it was known as the Oprheum—Duluth's premier vaudeville stage.

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NorShor Theatre Restoration No. 3

With the Duluth Playhouse as its anchor tenant, the revitalized NorShor Theatre will provide a venue that’s highly coveted by theatre, music and dance groups in the Twin Ports.

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NorShor Theatre Restoration No. 4

With a 650-seat theatre, two reception lounges and bars, orchestra pit, dressing rooms and rehearsal studios, the NorShor will be the lynchpin of an area officially designated as Duluth's historic arts and theater district (HART) when it reopens in February 2018.

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NorShor Theatre Restoration No. 5

The lobby of the NorShor Theatre, which rose out of the old Orpheum in 1940 as a "modern art deco movie house."

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NorShor Theatre Restoration No. 6

Crowds line up to see Geronimo, starring Chuck Connors, at Duluth's NorShor Theatre in 1962.

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NorShor Theatre Restoration No. 7

A view of the house at the Orpheum, which opened in August 1910 with an address by Mayor Marcus Cullum, who told the audience they were “looking swell.”

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NorShor Theatre Restoration No. 8

The entrance of the Orpheum. The theatre's manager once claimed that Duluth’s audience was “more metropolitan than any I have seen outside of New York, Philadelphia, and Boston.”

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NorShor Theatre Restoration No. 9

The concessions counter at Duluth's NorShor Theatre from January 1961.

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