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After three years and $400,000 in renovations, the Columbus Theatre on Broadway in Providence reopened Saturday night. The Revival Too! event featured seven local bands, including The Low Anthem and Brown Bird.
The Providence Journal / Glenn Osmundson
A detail of the marquee at the reopening of the Columbus Theatre, on Broadway in Providence on Saturday night. View the photo gallery.
After three years and $400,000 in renovations, the Columbus Theatre on Broadway in Providence reopened Saturday night. The Revival Too! event featured seven local bands, including The Low Anthem and Brown Bird.
Owner Jon Berberian upgraded the 86-year-old theater to conform to tougher fire safety rules enacted after the Station nightclub tragedy. His late father, Misak Berberian bought the theater in 1962.
Jon Berberian hopes that recent film festivals, opera productions and musicals will return to the stage now that he is open again. A second concert will take place Sunday at 7 p.m. For more information, go to columbustheatre.com.
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