Paramount Theatre “Show History” 4/15/75 – 5/31/85

The decade between 1975 and 1985 saw the original organization which presented over 250 music concerts, Broadway plays, dance, opera and variety acts

1985 – 13

“Cotton Patch Gospel” 1/11-13/85
“The Dresser” 2/14-24/85
“Sophisticated Ladies” (5) 3/8-10/85
“Greater Tuna” (?) 3/11-23/85
“Brighton Beach Memoirs” (5) 4/12-14/85
Dickran Atamian 4/19/85
Harry Blackstone Jr. 5/18/85
Sarah Vaughn 5/31-6/2/85
“Cyrano” 10/24-26/85
“Noises Off” 11/15/85
“The Odd Couple” 11/29-12/1.85
“Great Expectations” 12/20-22/85
“Oldest Living Graduate” 1986?

1984 -21

“Greater Tuna” 1/23-28/84
Pat Metheyn Group 2/2/84
“Crimes of the Heart” 2/3-4/84
John Prine 2/5/84
“Master Harold & the Boys” 2/25-26/84
“Madame Butterfly” 3/4/84
Shadowfax & Alex DeGrassi 3/24/84
“Lyndon” 3/26-4/1/84
“Agnes of God” 4/8/84
“Pump Boys & Dinettes” 4/27-28/84
“Josephy & Amazing Dream” 4/29/84
“Champagne & Gershwin” 5/13/84
Laurie Anderson 5/27/84
Carmen McRae 5/30/84
“Greater Tuna” 9/4-16/84
Shawn Phillips 9/30/84
“Dracula” 10/25-11/4/84
   starring Martin Landau
Al DiMeiola, Eric Johnson 10.30/84
Leo Kottke 11/9/84
“Little Shop of Horrors” 11/20-25/84

1983 – 21

George Winston 1/28/1983
Miles Davis 2/4/83
George Carlin 2/5/83
“Give ‘Em Hell Harry (2) 2/13/83
   starring Kevin McCarthy
“Dancin” with Ben Vereen 2/20/83
“Weather Report” 3/4/83
“Tintypes” (3) 3/5-6/83
“Annie” (5) 3/18-20/83
John Prine 4/1/83
Randy Newman 4/7/83
“Rocky Horror” 10th Anniv. 4/23/83
   and Cheech & Chong
Juilliard String Quartet 4/29/83
“Fantastics” (2) 5/1/83
Toots & the Maytals 5/8/83
“Amadeus” (3) 6/14-15/83
Leo Kokttke 8/13/83
Second City 9/23/83
Rich Little 10/2/83
“Greater Tuna” 10/10-21/83
“Importance…Earnest” 10/22-23/83
“Mass Appeal” 11/15-20/83
   starring E.G. Marshall

1982 – 28

Shawn Phillips 1/15/82
Count Basie & Orchestra 1/21-22/82
Joan Armadrading 2/2/82
Symphony Chamber (2) 2/5/82
“Mornings at Seven” (4) 2/12-14/82
“Rigoletto” (2) 2/28/82
John Prine & Steve Goodman 3/5/82
Mitzi Gaynor 3/16/82
“They’re Playing Song” (2) 3/29/82
“Children of…God” (5) 4/16-18/82
Merce Cunninham (2) 4/20-21/82
Jaco Pastorious 4/23/82
Mama’s & Papas 4/24/82
“Whorehouse” Film Premiere 7/11/82
Gallagher 7/27/82

1982 – (Continued)

“Oh Calcutta” 9/6/82
Leo Kottke 9/12/82
B.B. King 9/30/82
Dave Brubeck 10/3/82
Count Basie & Orchestra 10/15/82
Chick Corea 10/16/82
“Miss Margarida’s Way” (2) 10/17/82
   starring Estelle Parsons
Pat Metheny Group 10/31/82
“Deathtrap” (8) 11/9-14/82
   starring Leslie Nielsen
“Moon for the Misbegotten” 11/17-21/82
Ricky Skaggs 12/12/82

1981 – 44

Ry Cooder 2/1/81
Shawn Phillips 2/7/81
“La Boheme” 2/8/81
Rodney Dangerfield 2/22/81
Juilliard String Quartet 3/4-5/81
John Prine 3/6/81
Martin Mull 3/13/81
Chuck Berry & Joe Ely 3/14/81
5th Dimension 3/25/81
Pat Metheny Group 3/29/81
“The Elephant Man” (2) 3/31/80
“Lion in Winter” 4/2-4/81
Stevie Ray Vaughan & T Birds 4/5/81
Dave Mason 4/7/81
Rodney Dangerfield 4/11/81
Humble Pie 4/18/81
Bellamy Brothers 4/19/81
Al Dimeola & John Laughlin 4/26/81
“To Kill a Mockinbird” 5/1/81
Jimmy Cliff 5/3/81
J.J. Cale 5/4/81

1981 – (Continued)

Dave Brubeck 5/7/81
Little Joe y La Familia 5/8/81
Joe Cocker 5/9/81
B. B. King & Bobbie Blue Bland 5/22/81
Spyro Gyra 6/2/81
Firefall 6/11/81
“Alice in Wonderland” 6/12/1980
Leon Redbone 6/16/81
George Duke & Stanley Clark 6/28/81
Shake Russell & Dana Cooper 7/11/81
Maze 7/16/81
Kris Kristopherson 7/21/81
Commander Cody 8/2/81
Peter Tosh 8/9/81
Pointer Sisters 8/19-20/81
“Dancin” (4) 10/1/81
“A Chorus Line” (2) 10/25/81
“Best Little Whorehouse TX” 10/27-11/1/81
“Sugar Babies” (4) 11/21-22/81
Gil Scott Heron 11/7/81
Spyro Gyra 11/24/81
“Groucho” (2) 12/6/81
Tommy Tutone 12/81

1980 – 6

(closed 7/29 /79- 10/1/80)
Shake Russell 10/4/80
Uncle Walts Band 10/18/80
“Da” 10/19-20/80
“Gin Game” (3) 10/31-11/2/80
“Best..Whorehouse” (32) 11/4-30/80
Paul Taylor Dance Group 12/6-7/80

1979 – 6

 

(closed 7/29 /79- 10/1/80)
Bella Lewitzky Dance 2/1-3/79
Vienna Choir Boys 2/27/79
Acting Company 3/5-9/79
“Cosi Fan Tutti” 3/22/79
Harry Chapin 4/10/79
Emmylou Harris 5/1/79

1978 – 34

“West Side Story” 1/20-21/78
“King Lear” 1/23-25/78
Chuck Mangione (2) 1/27/78
“Bubbling Brown Sugar” 1/29/78
Oakland Ballet 2/3-4/78
Leo Kottke 2/5/78
Juilliard String Quartet 2/9/78
“Don Pasquale” 2/18/78
Gary Wright 2/27/78
Oregon & Eberhardt Webber 3/2/78
“Same Time Next Year” 3/11-12/78
    starring Kathy Crosby
Los Angeles Ballet 3/15-16/78
Gilbert & Sullivan “Lil Red” 3/18-19/78
“Oh Calcutta” 3/29-30/78
Harry Chapin 4/1/78
Jesse Winchester 4/2/78
Shawn Phillips 4/18/78
Carlos Montoya 4/19/78
Garland Jeffreys 4/23/78
Richie Havens 4/29/78
“My Fair Lady” 4/30/78
George Duke 5/21/78
Stanley Clark 5/16/78
John Prine 6/2/78
Little Feat 6/4/78
Al Jarreau 6/10/78
“California Suite” 6/11/78
   starring Brenda Vacaro
Lars Lubovitch Dance 10/15-17/78
Jean Luc Ponty 11/15/78
Arlo Guthrie 11/21/78
Tom Waitts & Leon Redbone 12/4/78
Shawn Phillips 12/10/78

1977 – 62

Dolly Parton 1/23/77
“Absurd Person Singular” 1/25/77
John Prine 1/28/77
“Idiot’s Delight” 2/1-6/77
Mccoy Tyner 2/7/77
“Marriage of Figaro” 2/11/77
J.J. Cale 2/13/77
Merce Cunningham Dance (2) 2/15-16/77
Taj Mahal 2/24/77
Billy Joel 3/3/77
“Loves Labour Lost” 3/5/77
“Dear Liar” 3/8/77
   starring Anthony Zerbe
   starring Valerie Harper
Dan Hicks & David Laflame 3/10/77
Richie Havens 3/13/77
Leon Redbone 3/17/77
“Tom Sawyer” 3/20/77
“Kiss Me Kate” 3/23-27/77
Sokoloff Dance Ensemble 3/30/77
Weather Report/Al Di Meola 4/2/77
S. Level (?) 4/9/77
“I Was Sitting on my Patio…” 4/12/77
Harry Chappin 4/16/77
Chick Corea (2) 4/17/77
Cheech & Chong 4/23/77
Doug Kershaw 4/28/77
Bill Evans 4/29/77
Firesign Theatre 4/30/77
Shawn Phillips 5/1/77
Jesse Collin Young 5/21/77
Little Feat (3) 5/26-27/77
Jerry Jeff Walker (2) 6/4/77
John Klemmer 6/18/77
Atlanta Rhythm Section 7/4/77
jesse Winchester 7/8/77
Dr. Hook 7/22/77
Al Jarreau 7/23/77
“Guys & Dolls” 7/24-25/77
   starring Leslie Uggams
   starring Richard Roundtree
Foreigner 7/28/77
Austin Civic Ballet 7/29/77

1977 – (Continued)

“Jesus Christ Superstar” 8/1-2/77
Roy Buchanan (?) 8/5/77
Minnie Rippington 8/5/77
Jimmy Spheeris 8/12/77
Elvin Bishop (2) 9/7/77
David Brenner (2) 9/23/77
Billy Joel 10/16/77
Cheech & Chong 10/20/77
Randy Newman (2) 10/22/77
McCoy Tyner 10/25/77
Pennsylvannia Ballet 11/7/77
Gato Barbieri (2) 11/11/77
Elliot Feld Dance 11/14-15/77
“The Robber Bridegroom” 11/16/77
Firesign Theatre 11/18/77
Shawn Phillips` 11/19/77
Jean Luc Ponty 11/22/77
Firefall 12/1/77
David Bromberg 12/2/77
Dave Brubeck 12/4/77
Joan Armatrading 12/9/77
Gary Burton 12/10/77

1976 – 16

“El Capitan” 3/7/76
“Together Tonight” 3/21/76
Dave Brubeck (2) 4/22/76
Sokoloff Dance Ensemble 6/30/76
Austin Civic Ballet 8/25/76
Harry Blackstone Jr. 9/3/76
Boston Ballet (2) 9/15-16/76
“Equus” (5) 10/15-17/76
Glenn Miller Orchestra 9/19/76
Chuck Mangione 10/23/76
Austin Civic Ballet 11/4/76
Meredith Monk 11/17/76
Al Stewart 12/18/76
“A Little Night Music” 11/21/76
Oscar Peterson & Joe Pass 12/2/76
Opera Gala – Pearl Amster 12/31/76
Cleo Lane & John Dankworth unknown

1975 – 11

Dave Brubeck & Sons 2/2/75
“Turn of the Screw” 2/19/75
Herbie Mann 2/28/75
Peter Nero 4/19/75
Ramsey Lewis 5/11/76
Sokoloff Dance Ensemble 6/25/75
David Smith (pianist?) 8/13/75
Deodato 10/24/75
“Barber of Seville” 11/8/75
Sokoloff Dance Ensemble 11/19/75
Dickran Atamian 12/4/75
These images are generic in nature due to the absence of original materials from the 1975-1985 time frame”.  They do, however, reflect the actual programs presented by the Paramount Theatre during that era.