Paramount Theatre Austin

713 Congress Ave
Austin, TX 78701 United States
+1 512 472-2901

About Paramount Theatre Austin

The Paramount Theatre is a live theatre venue/movie theatre located in Downtown Austin, Texas, United States of America. The classical revival style structure was built in 1915. The building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 23, 1976.

In the Paramount’s 90-year history, it has played host to a wide variety of acts ranging from vaudeville legends The Marx Brothers, to the premieres of such films as 1966’s Batman and 2005’s Sin City.

For over 90 years, The Paramount Theatre has been home to vaudeville, silent movies and “talkies,” music, dance, and Broadway shows. Through the years, a cast of superstars has graced its stage; from Houdini, the Marx Brothers, Helen Hayes, Orson Welles, Sarah Bernhardt, the Ziegfeld Follies, the Metropolitan Opera, Lillian Russell, John Philip Sousa, the Barrymores, Lillian Gish, and George M. Cohan to such modern-day favorites as Billy Joel, Willie Nelson, Jerry Jeff Walker, Sarah Vaughan, Lyle Lovett, Gregory Hines, and Mandy Patinkin.

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