The Paramount Abilene

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The Paramount Abilene company profile

The Paramount Abilene's theatre main auditorium space was designed to re-create a courtyard at night, complete with projected clouds passing over a neon-lit night sky fitted with twinkling stars. They restored and renovated it to accommodate live theatre, is now the home to a myriad of events, including film, ballet, opera, and concerts. Paramount committee under the umbrella of the newly-established Abilene preservation league. They worked to get the building placed on the national register of historic places, sparing it from a fate that had already befallen so many of the country’s premiere movie palaces.