GoLocalProv | Saturday Afternoon at the Stage Show – Dr. Ed Iannuccilli
Monday, April 05, 2021 View Larger + The Fays, an intimate theatre on a narrow street in downtown Providence, was a frequent Saturday destination when I was a kid. Originally opened as the Union Theatre in the 1920s at the intersection of Union and Worcester Streets, it was demolished, regrettably, in May of 1951. The theatre’s Saturday special was a stage show followed by a cartoon and a movie. Not long ago, I strolled the street, remembering the theater’s marquee, its sea of deco tiles adorning the outside, the peninsular stage, and the silver screen. The Fays was long gone, but for ...