Members get early access to tickets. Main Stage Seating chart. Apply for Financial Aid. One-time Donation. Floodlights danced above Burlington to herald the arrival of Vermont's newest and largest "entertainment palace" on Wednesday, November 26, The event marked the arrival of a state-of-the-art facility in which to enjoy both touring stars of vaudeville and motion pictures.
Flynn and his investors in the Queen City Realty Company. A little over a decade later, the Flynn was firmly established, well-loved, and highly attended by the community.
The Flynn was a major gathering place for the community during the war years, as Vermonters stayed current on the war effort through newsreels and sought respite from worries about loved ones fighting overseas through Golden Age Hollywood films. But in the postwar years, American culture and entertainment was changing rapidly, hitting many theaters hard.
Many larger theaters similar to the Flynn, no longer able to function economically, were either converted or demolished. Thanks to a visionary group of Burlington community leaders, the Flynn was saved from that fate.
Less than two years after Jarvis took over the Flynn, live performance returned to the theater for the first time in many years. Around the same time, the Lyric Theatre Company was founded by a group of about 30 Burlington area residents interested in the production of live musical theater, predominantly classic Broadway fare. Before long, Lyric Theatre Company would play a key role in the next era of the Flynn.
