Shea's

Ceiling and Balcony, Shea's Theater

Since 1926, Shea's Buffalo Theater has been offering a spectacular entertainment venue for the citizens of this fare city. Then, it was Clara Bow, and today it is A Christmas Story.

The 3,019 person capacity theater is an event, even without a performance taking place. A play seen in this setting is still an indelibly fond memory after the details of the performance fade. The theater is a blend of Spanish and French Baroque and Rococo styles. There was a time when someone said, "It's Baroque and we need to fix it."

 ( couldn't resist...) Shea's Performing Art's Center of today has a similar story to that of some of the great theaters of the country, falling on hard times throughout the years, and thankfully rising like a Phoenix. A peek at the theater's history will give you an even greater  appreciation for its survival and its thriving success.

Elvis Has Left The Building

Elvis Costello and the Imposters

Every 35 years or so, one must see Elvis Costello because he only improves. The incomprable Declan Patrick Macmanus played his 1982 album, Imperial Bedroom, at Shea's Buffalo. One of the greatest musians of our time, in one of the country's most beautiful theaters, was a perfect match. This kind of musicianship deserves the physical and acoustic splendor that is Shea's.