Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

Broken lightbulb in the balcony.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

Film canisters leftover. This room is completely dark. I used a flashlight to set my focus then did a long exposure and painted in the light with the flashlight.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

View from the projection room above the balcony.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

View from the projection room.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

Yes, the theater had a shooting range. The originators of the theater opened the range as a club and financed it with proceeds from the theater. This image is of several images stitched together. All were taken in complete darkness and lit only with a flashlight during a long exposure.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

Only room I found with ample window light. There's always a chair.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

There's always a chair.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

There's always a chair.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

The ballroom.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

Quite an ornate ceiling.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

First of three pianos and by far the cleanest. This room was in complete darkness and again I had to set my focus by flashlight and then use a long exposure and paint in the light.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

The pigeons were not kind to this piano.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

View from center stage. You can see how far away the projection room is from where I took some previous images.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

Several images stitched together from center stage.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

Piano playing for an empty theater.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

Backstage remains of the third piano.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

Backstage remains of the third piano.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

The good seats.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

Waiting for the show to start.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

Faces all along the balcony railing.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

Shapes and seats.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

Replicas of some of the handbills from shows of the past.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

Exterior.

Orpheum Theater---New Bedford, MA

Chains held up the facade over the original entrance to the theater.