King Opera House

The King Opera House is a performance hall located on Van Buren, Arkansas's Main Street.

The ground floor was used partly as the Willard Billiard Parlor and the other half was the Wallace Saloon and Restaurant.

By the 1930's, the building was renamed to be the Bob Burn's Theater after the famous actor and radio star of Van Buren.

In 1979 it was purchased by the City of Van Buren Community Development Agency and restored to the King Opera House.

Built to accommodate large and well-sized performances on its stage, the opera house's basement, in contrast, has two small dressing rooms and two closets.

The basement can be highly cramped in its relatively modest changing area and green room, particularly for productions with large casts.

There was also a Paranormal Documentary made in 2023 directed by trailblazing film-maker and Arkansas native Gavin Webb.

Even talking about the days before it was the famous "King Opera House" and shows that a lady in white appears in the men's restroom asking for her husband then disappears.

This film was titled "The King Opera House: A Paranormal Documentary" and can be found on Amazon Prime Video.