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Title |
Circle Star Articles |
Object Name |
Article |
Scope & Content |
Circle Star Articles. Three articles that concern the Circle Star Theater and celebrities that performed there. The first is a partial article ripped from an AARP magazine on Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, and George Burns. The second is a three page printed online news article by Peter Hartlaub titled "GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: THE CIRCLE STAR THEATRE". The third is a printed Wikipedia article on the Circle Star Theater, with a majority of the two page listing those who performed there. Carole Bancroft had gone through the printed article and put a check mark next to the names that she and and her husband had chauffeured. |
Date |
n.d. |
Catalog Number |
2018.026.007.3 |
Extent of Description |
11 x 8.5 |
Collection |
Archival Collection |
Notes |
"The Circle Star Theatre was a performing arts venue in San Carlos, San Mateo County, California. Its name is based on it being a theater in the round, featuring a rotating circular stage with none of its 3,743 seats further than 50 feet (15 m) from the stage. Unlike similar venues across the United States, the Circle Star Theatre stage had the ability to rotate in either direction without limit, thanks to the slip ring and brush system that supplied electrical power and lighting signals to it. The theatre's address was 2 Circle Star Way, San Carlos, CA 94070. "In 1971, the theatre was purchased by Marquee Entertainment, run by Don Jo Medlevine of the famed Chicago nightclub Chez Paree. Marquee Entertainment booked Las Vegas acts such as Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, and Liberace, among many others. In the mid-1970s the theatre was kept solvent by booking Motown acts to increase its diversity.[1] "Don Jo Medlevine sold the Circle Star Theater to Dr. Leonard Bloom. Dr. Bloom later sold the theater to a local car dealer. The new ownership did not have the same elite relationships with the top entertainers as Dr. Bloom had, so it was closed in December 1993.[2] The building caught fire on April 18, 1997, damaging much of the backstage area, though by this time plans had already been made for its demolition.[3] The theater was ultimately demolished to make way for the Circle Star Center, a complex containing two four-story office buildings and a small hotel, since 2015 or 2014 Softbank owns the buildings and uses them as offices. The hotel is now a extended stay America." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circle_Star_Theater (8/23/2018)] |
Search Terms |
Circle Star Theatre |
Subjects |
Entertainers |
People |
Berle, Milton Burns, George Caesar, Sid Hartlaub, Peter |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Jim Kelly |