&sq=Google&lang=en&file=File:State_Theater_in_Traverse_City_(1).jpg) The State in 2009, during the Traverse City Film Festival | |
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| Former names | Lyric Theatre (1916–1948) |
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| Address | 233 East Front Street Traverse City, Michigan United States |
| Coordinates | 44°45′51.1″N 85°37′10.2″W / 44.764194°N 85.619500°W |
| Construction | |
| Opened | July 4, 1916 |
| Rebuilt | 1923; 1949 |
The State Theatre is a movie theater in Traverse City, Michigan. In its current iteration, it is operated by the Traverse City Film Festival, and presents a year-round schedule of film and live performances.
The State is the fourth theatre on its site on East Front Street. The first theatre on the block, Steinberg's Grand Opera House, opened in 1894. It closed in 1915, and was succeeded by the Lyric Theatre, which burned down in 1923. A new Lyric Theatre was built on the same site, and burned down 25 years later in 1948.
The present-day theatre, the State, opened in 1949 and operated as a first-run cinema until 1996. Multiple proposals to reuse the State failed, until it reopened in 2005 as the home of the Traverse City Film Festival. Major renovations were completed in 2007, turning the State into a contemporary atmospheric theatre.