Iroquois Theater

Status: Closed

Parish: Orleans

Location: New Orleans

413 S. Rampart Street: From the New Orleans Jazz History Business District/Back o’ Town Walking Tour brochure: “The Iroquois Theater was built in the fall of 1911 and had vaudeville programs until 1920. It featured many noteworthy musicians including guitarist Lonnie Johnson and his pianist brother James ÒSteady RollÓ Johnson; composer, pianist, and publisher Clarence Williams; singer Edna Landry, half-sister of Lizzie Miles; and Louis Armstrong. Louis won a talent contest here by dipping his face in flour and doing a ‘white face’ routine.”