Aqua Theatre at Green Lake During Opening Day of the Musical “Silk Stockings,” Seattle, 1961

Seattle’s Aqua Theatre, an open air stadium at the south end of Green Lake, opened during the summer of 1950.  The Aqua Follies opened the first season, and sellout crowds watched water ballet, comedy and musical groups, and high-diving clowns.  The Aqua Theatre was such a success in 1960 the seating area was expanded. Several elaborately costumed musicals were performed here during the 1960s.

Photographer: Seattle Post-Intelligencer Staff Photographer

Image Date: 1961

Image Number: 1986.5.12622.1

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