Shea's Celebrates 100 Years

Shea's celebrates 100 years

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) -- A Buffalo landmark is raising a toast to a century of memories. Shea's Performing Arts Center celebrated 100 years since its grand opening on Main Street on Friday. The theatre first opened on Jan. 16 in 1926 as "the Wonder Theatre." 100 years later, the historic venue is celebrating with a [...]

Celebrating 100 Years of Shea’s Buffalo

It was christened Buffalo’s “Wonder Theater” by its founder Michael Shea – “it will hush you, awe you, stagger you” proclaimed an ad for the theater’s opening in January 1926. It was no idle boast. Shea’s Buffalo, as it’s now known, was a remarkable achievement – a 4,000-seat movie palace built in a jaw-dropping Spanish Baroque Revival style with an interior designed by the legendary Tiffany & Co. It was a lavish, luxurious theater constructed a…