Staten Island Revitalization
Guardian was
very honored to take part in celebrating the 87th anniversary of the St. George
Theater which honored David Barry, President of Hoboken, NJ, based Ironstate
Development Company and the Chief Executive Officer of Urby as well as Frank
Siller the founding member, Chairman & CEO of the Stephen Siller Tunnel to
Towers Foundation.
About
the Red Carpet Gala
The
annual Red Carpet Gala serves as the principal fundraiser for St. George
Theatre Restoration Inc. and features a pre-show cocktail reception, Georgie
Award presentation to honorees The Stephen Siller / Tunnel
to Towers Foundation and David Barry of URBY, and an
after- party in the grand and mezzanine lobbies with open bar, hors d’oeuvres,
and dance music.
Since the theatre’s reopening as a non-profit organization in
2004, past gala performers have included Tony Bennett, Smokey Robinson, Gladys
Knight, Jay Leno, Pink Martini, Neil Sedaka, KC & The Sunshine Band, Pink
Martini, and Martin Short.
About The St. George Theater
Centered in the historic St. George District of Staten Island, just steps from the iconic Staten Island Ferry, the St. George Theatre was the most magnificent theatre on Staten Island. Solomon Brill of the Isle Theatrical Company broke ground on a beautiful 2,800 seat venue, in August of 1928 and the doors opened on December 4th, 1929. The cost of the project, which included an attached office complex, was two million dollars, $500,000 of which was for the theatre. Brill, who owned several other theatres on the Island and once owned a nickelodeon with William Fox of 20th Century Fox fame, promised to bring top-of-the-line vaudeville to the borough for an admission fee of 75 cents. He envisioned the St. George as a “dream” show house rivaling Manhattan’s cathedrals of cinema.
https://www.stgeorgetheatre.com/architecture-2/
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