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Gayety Theatre
100 Cadillac Square, Detroit 
Status: Closed AKA:
Style(s): Unknown Architect : Fuller Claflin
Owner: Unknown Architectural Firm: Unknown

  
  Exterior of the Gayety Theatre  
  Exterior of the Gayety Theatre  
  
The Gayety, designed by Fuller Claflin, sat 1,362 and opened Sept. 15, 1912.

For the theater's entire career, it held burlesque.

It was once operated by Frank Bryan and Frank Engel.

The Gayety closed April 10, 1958, and was demolished soon thereafter. Today, a parking lot resides on the property.