Q: Name any current downtown Portsmouth business that was once (but is no longer) the site of a theater.
A: Popovers, Life is Good, Kilwin’s, The Goods on Vaughan Mall, The Works… and possibly others! If you’re interested in more on these old theaters, including The Arcadia, The Colonial, The Olympia (plus the still-operating, thanks to a grassroots effort, Music Hall), check out “4 Theatres: Remembering Portsmouth in the Age of Vaudeville” produced by Drika Overton & Robert Pierce.
