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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 03/07/2026 02:04:00

Nirvana played a century-old vaudeville house in Riverdale, and the proscenium arch they stood under still frames every show. The Opera House at 735 Queen Street East in Toronto opened in 1909 as the La Plaza Theatre, an Edwardian vaudeville stage designed by architect Charles Wagner for the working-class east end. The building followed the century's script: vaudeville gave way to cinema, the balcony was added in the late 1930s for growing demand, and the house ran films under a parade of names...