Orpheum Theatre (Phoenix)

The Orpheum opened in January 1929 as a Spanish Colonial Revival movie palace, and after a restoration that ran from 1986 to 1997 it is again one of downtown Phoenix's main venues. Staff and performers describe a child they call Maddie, said to tap people on the shoulder and shush them, and associated with the balcony; no record of a girl of that name connected to the theatre has ever been found, so the name is likely borrowed. The theatre's first operator, Harry Nace, died of gunshot wounds in circumstances never fully explained, and his old office carries reports of its own.