Colonial Theater Restoration Project
113 South Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201

The Colonial Theatre has been a jewel hidden in the Berkshires. Built in 1903, the Theatre was host to many of the Theatre greats including George M Cohan, Sara Bernhardt, John Barrymore, Eubie Blake, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., Billie Burke, John Phillips Sousa and the Ziegfield Follies.

The Theatre was designed by Pittsfield architect Joseph McArthur Vance. Its ornate turn of the century interior has been well preserved by its various owners. Many of the Theatres performers spoke glowingly of the Theatre's acoustics which allowed them to be heard in the further most reaches of the audience. The Theatre had been designed for both legitimate Theatre and serious music presentations but saw its final use as a movie Theatre.

Although the Theatre was closed in 1952, its grandeur has been protected through the years by George Miller and now his son, Steven. The care that the Miller's took to preserve the Theatre during its conversion from a Theatre to the Miller's Supply Store makes it possible to restore the Theatre back to its earlier grandeur. The Friends of the Colonial Theatre Restoration have made this their goal.