Trocadero Theatre
Exterior of venue (c.2015)
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| Address | 1003 Arch St. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States |
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| Capacity | 1,200 |
| Current use | live music venue |
| Opened | 1870 |
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Arch Street Opera House
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| Coordinates | 39°57′12.99″N 75°9′24.74″W / 39.9536083°N 75.1568722°WCoordinates: 39°57′12.99″N 75°9′24.74″W / 39.9536083°N 75.1568722°W |
| Area | < 1-acre (4,000 m2) |
| Architect | Edwin Forrest Durang, George W. Plowman |
| Architectural style | Late Victorian |
| NRHP Reference # | 78002442 |
| Added to NRHP | June 13, 1978 |
The Trocadero Theatre (opened as the Arch Street Opera House) is a historic theater located in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Over the years, it has offered musical comedies, vaudeville, opera, and burlesque. The Trocadero Theatre was refurbished for use as an art house cinema and fine arts theatre in 1970s, and by the 1990s had become an iconic venue for rock and punk concerts.
The building was known at various time as the Arch Street Opera House (1870–1879); Park Theatre (1879); New Arch Street Opera House (1884); Continental Theatre (1889); Gaiety Theatre (1890); Casino/Palace Theatre (1892); Troc Theatre (1940); Slocum's and Sweatman's Theatre; Sweatman's Arch Street Opera House; Simmon's & Slocum's Theatre; and Simmon's Theatre. Burlesque performer Mara Gaye performed here in the 1950s. The theater, designed by architect Edwin Forrest Durang, then modified several times, was added to the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1973, and to the National Register of Historic Places five years later.
The Pennsylvania Opera Theater, in 1982, was presenting three productions a year at the Trocadero.
In 1986, the Trocadero was again remodeled for its current use as a concert hall and dance club. The Trocadero retains a promoting team and books bands directly. It has a capacity of 1,200 patrons (standing room) or 600 patrons (fully seated). The theater hosts a wide range of events including movie screenings, comedy shows, burlesque and concerts from alternative, indie rock, heavy metal, punk rock, jam, and industrial/gothic bands as well as hip hop and electronica artists.
A number of DVD and television specials have been filmed at the Trocadero, including the MTV program 2 Dollar Bill for My Chemical Romance in September 2006, comedian & actor Christian Finnegan's DVD/Comedy Central special "Au Contraire" in October 2008, comedian and actor Michael Ian Black's DVD/Comedy Central special "Very Famous" in March 2011 and, most recently, comedian Dan Soder's Comedy Central special in December 2015.
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