Hanover Theatre Listed on the National Register of Historic Places!

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The Hanover Theatre in downtown Worcester was completed in 2008 and utilized state historic tax credits.

Hanover honors theatre chain

By Richard Duckett| Worcester Telegram & Gazette| May 19, 2011

Worcester — In 2002, National Amusements Inc. put The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts in the picture of possibility.

“You gave us a building, but you also gave us the gift of opportunity,” James D. O’Brien Jr., chairman of the theater’s board of directors told Shari E. Redstone, president of National Amusements, during a reception and program at the theater yesterday.

The Dedham-based international movie theater chain donated the former downtown Showcase Cinemas building to the Worcester Center for Performing Arts Inc. in 2002 for a nominal fee. The nonprofit group began the renovations and work…

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