#32 Capitol Theatre

Designed by G. Albert Lansburgh, the Capitol Theatre in downtown Salt Lake City was built in 1913. It served in its theater role for 14 years before being converted into a cinema.  It was later restored in 1972 after being purchased by the county. It is very common for popular Broadway shows and ballets to be performed here and recently it even served as one of the audition locations for "So You Think You Can Dance".

#31 Park City Egyptian Theater

Before the Egyptian, the Dewey Theater stood here until the roof collapsed from too much snow.  This theater was completed in 1926 and became the first theater in Park City to play recorded sound along with the films. Egyptian styled buildings became popular in the '30s after the discovery of King Tut's Tomb in 1922. There are eight Egyptian theaters remaining in the US and Canada, and two of them happen to be in Utah. The other one being Peery's Egyptian Theater located in Ogden.  It is probably one of the more well known out of all of them though due to its location and part in the Sundance Film Festival.

#14 Peery's Egyptian Theater

The Egyptian Theater first opened it doors on July 3, 1924. As with most of Ogden's notable buildings of the time period, this too was designed by Hodgson and McClenehan. Back in those days the only movies around were silent so the theater was equipped with a built-in pipe organ to keep things interesting. The first "talkie" was shown in 1929 which effectively demoted the organ and it was eventually placed in storage in 1960. As interest in single-screen theaters declined the Egyption eventually stopped showing new releases and was finally shut down by a health code violation in 1984. The theater was boarded up for many years and survived several demolition death-threats. It was finally saved and restored by the newly created Egyptian Theater Foundation. On January 17, 1997 the doors were reopened. The theater is now a community theater and is used annually as one of the venues for the Sundance Film Festival. The famous organ was officially brought out of retirement in 2003 to complete the historic ambiance of the theater.

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