BackCurt Mangel III
Shea's Buffalo has had many friends -- and Friends -- but none more-so than Curt Mangel III.
Curt was hired in 1973 as an engineer and watchman, the 23-year-old living out of a dressing room backstage but he became quickly intent on saving the theater organ -- and then the entire theater as it was apparent that Sidell was preparing to shutdown for good. But plans to strip the theater and attempts to demolish it were all foiled by Curt: by living in Shea's at all hours of the day, the wrecking ball was unable to be unleashed -- and by night, Curt spent countless hours inventorying "every antique in the building", a record that saved Shea's Buffalo Theatre in State Supreme Court.
After a decade of serving Shea's -- from volunteer to Managing Director, whether he was rebuilding the Mighty Wurlitzer and installing a new stage floor or paying the heat bill out of his own pockets, Curt Mangel III moved on from Buffalo, to take on another theater in Denver in need of saving. But our friend, and Friend, is always welcome back at Shea's.
Curt was hired in 1973 as an engineer and watchman, the 23-year-old living out of a dressing room backstage but he became quickly intent on saving the theater organ -- and then the entire theater as it was apparent that Sidell was preparing to shutdown for good. But plans to strip the theater and attempts to demolish it were all foiled by Curt: by living in Shea's at all hours of the day, the wrecking ball was unable to be unleashed -- and by night, Curt spent countless hours inventorying "every antique in the building", a record that saved Shea's Buffalo Theatre in State Supreme Court.
After a decade of serving Shea's -- from volunteer to Managing Director, whether he was rebuilding the Mighty Wurlitzer and installing a new stage floor or paying the heat bill out of his own pockets, Curt Mangel III moved on from Buffalo, to take on another theater in Denver in need of saving. But our friend, and Friend, is always welcome back at Shea's.
