The Hollis Street Theatre (1885–1935) was a theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, that presented dramatic plays, opera, musical concerts, and other entertainments.
John R. Hall built the 1,600-seat theatre in 1885, on the site of the former Hollis Street Church.
On opening night,
"The new theatre was crowded to-night by an audience which came from among the best people in Boston. The street was crowded with people in the afternoon, and it was almost impossible to get near the doors at the time they were opened. People holding tickets met with great difficulty in getting in, so that the audience was not entirely seated until some time after the curtain should have risen. As soon as they did get in, however, they found a roomy, gorgeous interior fitted up with every attention to comfort and decorated brightly in gold, blue, and white. Most of the tickets had been sold in advance by auction, and it has been impossible for several days to secure places for the opening performance. ...The Mikado... made an immense hit to-night."
The many shows presented at the theatre featured a number of notables, including Maurice Barrymore, Sarah Bernhardt, William Gillette, Henry Irving, and Ellen Terry. Others associated with the theatre included Isaac B. Rich; Edward E. Rice; Charles Frohmann.
The building was demolished in 1935.
1885 -The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan; with D'Oyly Carte, John Stetson's company, Arthur Wilkinson, S. Cadwallader, John Howson, Signor Brocolini, Laura Clement, Hattie Delaro, Rosa Cooke.
1886 - Nanon by F. Zell and Richard Genée; with Carleton Opera Co.
1887
Daniela by Felix Phillippi; with Helena Modjeska
Twelfth Night by Shakespeare; with Helen Modjeska
Fedora by Victorien Sardou, with Sarah Bernhardt
1888
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Cuisla-M-Chree by Dion Boucicault
1892
Richelieu by Edward Bulwer Lytton; with Daniel Goddard Crandon
Hess and Hoss
1896 - A Good Thing, with Peter F. Daily (approximate date)
1901 - Sherlock Holmes
1903
Skipper & Co., Wall St. by H.J.W. Dam; with Maclyn Arbuckle
Markheim, with E. H. Sothern
1907 - The Great Galeoto by Jose Echegaray
1908 - The Boy and the Girl by Richard Carle and H.L Heartz
1909
Lady Frederick
Love Watches
1910
What Every Woman Knows by J. M. Barrie, with Maude Adams
The Sham, with Henrietta Crosman
The Traveling Salesman
Mrs. Dot by Somerset Maugham; with Billie Burke
The Prince Duma by Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert; with Fritzi Scheff
The Pillars of Society by Henrik Ibsen; with Mrs. Fiske
Mid-Channel by Arthur Wing Pinero, with Ethel Barrymore
The Prosecutor by Franklin Searight; with Emmett Corrigan
Russian Balalaika Orchestra
1912
The Attack
1912
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Charlotte Thompson
1913
The Mind the Paint Girl by Arthur Wing Pinero; with Billie Burke
Kismet; with Otis Skinner
1915 - Grumpy
1916 - Daddy Long Legs
1917 - Come out of the Kitchen by A.E. Thomas
1919 - Dear Brutus by J. M. Barrie
1924 - The Nervous Wreck by Owen Davis
