[3] After a $3 million renovation, started in 1989, it is the most restored of the historical movie palaces in the city.

[4] Soon after it was opened, it was a popular venue for burlesque queen Sally Rand, the Marx Brothers, Will Rogers, Judy Garland (singing with her family as Frances "Baby" Gumm) and comedian Jack Benny, as well as jazz greats Lena Horne, Ella Fitzgerald and Duke Ellington.

[6] In the 1960s, the theater held rock 'n' roll concerts featuring Little Richard, Aretha Franklin and Little Stevie Wonder.

The restored Orpheum Theatre is now a venue for live concerts, movie premieres, and location shoots.

[7] The love metal band HIM played there for their live CD/DVD album Digital Versatile Doom.