Art City Playhouse (Rivoli Theatre, Villa Theatre, Villa Playhouse Theatre) 254 South Main Street Springville, Utah 84663 (1927 - ?) |
The 300-seat Rivoli Theater was built in 1927 by Emil Ostlund. A sound system was added to the theater within a year of its opening.[1]
Between 1962 and 1967 the theater was renamed the Villa Theatre. About 1977 the name changed to Villa Playhouse Theatre.[2] The theater is now known as the Art City Playhouse.
1. "Chapter 9: The Age of Jazz, 1920-1929", A History of Utah County, by Richard Neitzel Holzapfel, Utah State History CD-ROM
2. Provo telephone directories, from 1960 through 1980