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Edward F. Albee spent an estimated 2 to 3.5 million dollars constructing the Palace Theatre, the last and most expensive of the four main theatres in Cleveland's historic Playhouse Square. Designed by the firm Rapp and Rapp in an Imperial France architectural style, it opened on November 6, 1922, as a flagship of the Keith-Albee Orpheum vaudeville chain with an original capacity of 3,680 across orchestra, balcony, and box seating. The theatre later transitioned to film and in the 1950s became a...