Thespians have held curtain calls under the twinkling chandeliers and midnight blue ceiling of the Paradise Theater in NY.

Film stars have lit up its silver screen.

Boxers have battered each other at the historic Grand Concourse venue.

The 83-year-old theater in Fordham, NY has served many purposes and masters, and for its next act, the Paradise will play a mega-church.

Pastor Creflo Dollar's World Changers Church of New York. Georgia-based pastor Creflo Dollar, has signed a lease to occupy the venue.

Built in 1929 to resemble a heavenly paradise, the theater will offer its new congregants just that. World Changers Church preaches “prosperity theology,” a worldview that equates piety and wealth.