Grand Brooklyn movie palace reopens
People file into reopening of the 1920s era Kings Theatre in New York, Feb. 3, 2015.
Diana Ross headlined opening night at the 3,200-seat theater in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn where a teenage Barbra Streisand spent afternoons enjoying double features.
Kings Theatre reopens
People line up outside the box office at the reopening of Brooklyn's Kings Theatre in New York, Feb. 3, 2015.
After a two-year, $95 million renovation, every detail from the movie palace's jazz-age 1929 incarnation has come to life amid computerized sound and LED lighting. The theater that first opened weeks before the Wall Street crash is now the largest in New York's biggest borough.
Kings Theatre reopens
The Loews Kings Theatre in its heyday.
Kings Theatre reopens
A sculpture overlooks seats on the main level of the restored Kings Theater in Brooklyn, New York.
The theater that was one of the "four wonders" of America's newly hatched movie culture is back decades after it was shuttered, a crumbling relic of a glorious era.
Kings Theatre reopens
Before restoration.
Kings Theatre reopens
The Kings Theatre under restoration.
Kings Theatre reopens
Before restoration.
Kings Theatre reopens
The restored lobby.
Kings Theatre reopens
A man walks through the lobby of the Kings Theater, in Brooklyn, New York, Feb. 2, 2015.
Kings Theatre reopens
Restoring the theater.
Kings Theatre reopens
A detail inside.
Kings Theatre reopens
The stage of the restored Kings Theater, in Brooklyn, New York, is prepared for Tuesday's opening night, Feb. 2, 2015.
Kings Theatre reopens
Electricians Ron Hasemann, left, and Philip Macys work in the former Smoking Room, that will be a VIP Room of the restored Kings Theater, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Feb. 2, 2015.
Kings Theatre reopens
A vintage water fountain in the lobby of the restored Kings Theater, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, is inscribed "Drink and Be Refreshed."
Kings Theatre reopens
Before restoration.
Kings Theatre reopens
The restored Kings Theater, in Brooklyn, New York, is readied to for its reopening, Feb. 2, 2015.
Kings Theatre reopens
Before restoration.
Kings Theatre reopens
Kings Theatre before opening night.
Kings Theatre reopens
Kings Theatre before opening night.
Diana Ross performs
Diana Ross performs at opening night at the Kings Theatre in the Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, February 3, 2015. The grand movie palace originally opened in 1929 and was closed for many years. After extensive restoration work it reopened with Diana Ross as the headlining act.
Kings Theatre reopens
Former Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, whose new job is promoting tourism and economic activity for New York City's outer boroughs, makes an appearance at the reopening of the Brooklyn's Kings Theatre in New York, Feb. 3, 2015.
Kings Theatre reopens
A stretch limousine drives by Brooklyn's Kings Theatre at the 1920's movie palace's grand reopening in New York, Feb. 3, 2015.