TRAVEL PLANNERS GUIDE *Cover Image: The Lyric Theatre was built in 1914 as a venue for performances by national vaudeville acts. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Lyric 2has | beenTRAVEL restored andPLANNERS is part of Birmingham’s GUIDE historic theater district which also includes the Alabama Theatre, a 1920s movie palace. 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