Terpsichore Dance members, from left, Ricki Feeley, Nicolle Ament and Christina Taylor talk with Zach Terakedis and Wayne Wilcox about the Babcock Theatre, recently
The Babcock Theatre helped define Billings as a cultural center on the frontier when the theater opened in 1907. And, during its colorful history it has hosted opera, film, children’s theater, boxing, comedy, debates, burlesque, and loud, plaster-rattling rock-n-roll shows.
A Billings City Council committee is studying options for the historic Babcock Theatre, including selling it and seeking a company or nonprofit to manage it.
LARRY MAYER, Gazette Staff
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The historic Babcock Theatre was purchased in October of 2008 by Babcock LLC.
Bassist Marc Perlman and guitarist Gary Louris treat the die-hard fans at the Babcock Theatre by playing plenty of requested Jayhawks songs during the band's show in 2016.
The east entrance to the Babcock Theatre can be seen in this photo of North Broadway from the early 1930s. An electric sign for the theater spanned the street between the Midland Hotel (now Bin 119) and the Babcock Building.
Roundup artist Greg Wilhelmi imagined himself in the crowd outside the Babcock Theatre as he painted what the Burn the Point scene would have looked like in 1960.
A committee advising the Billings City Council on how to run the Babcock Theatre once it’s turned back over to the city voted unanimously Mond…
Terpsichore Dance members, from left, Ricki Feeley, Nicolle Ament and Christina Taylor talk with Zach Terakedis and Wayne Wilcox about the Babcock Theatre, recently
A Billings City Council committee is studying options for the historic Babcock Theatre, including selling it and seeking a company or nonprofit to manage it.
Bassist Marc Perlman and guitarist Gary Louris treat the die-hard fans at the Babcock Theatre by playing plenty of requested Jayhawks songs during the band's show in 2016.
Roundup artist Greg Wilhelmi imagined himself in the crowd outside the Babcock Theatre as he painted what the Burn the Point scene would have looked like in 1960.
The east entrance to the Babcock Theatre can be seen in this photo of North Broadway from the early 1930s. An electric sign for the theater spanned the street between the Midland Hotel (now Bin 119) and the Babcock Building.
