The Orpheum Theatre Group has announced that the lights of the historic Orpheum Theatre marquee will dim on Friday, February 16 at 7:30pm for five (5) minutes in tribute to former Orpheum President Pat Halloran who passed away on Thursday, February 8.
After Pat Halloran led the effort to bring the Orpheum Theater back to life in the mid-1980s, the theater came to symbolize the turnaround of nightlife downtown.
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Pat Halloran, who led efforts to restore the Orpheum Theatre and eventually became its president and CEO, reportedly died Thursday. Halloran was president of the Orpheum Theatre Group for 35 years before leaving the position in 2015. In 1980, Halloran led fundraising efforts to help the Orpheum Theatre Group, then known as […]