The actual name of the theatre was the Hempstead Turnpike Drive In. I always thought that the actual town was Plainedge but I prefer to quibble about the name which is what really counts.
To set the records straight this theatre originally opened as the Bethview under the AIT banner. After it slipped into porn it was given new names as the owners tried to reinvent it. First Cine Capri and then Old Bethpage. When Cultural Arts Playouse took it over they gutted it and reconfigured the seats. What had originally been the left wall was a semit-thrust stage with the audience in front and slightly to the sides.
The Bethpage was a free standing theatre under the AIT banner. It was never under UA (or Prudential which was the fore runner of UA)
The actual name of the theatre was the Hempstead Turnpike Drive In. I always thought that the actual town was Plainedge but I prefer to quibble about the name which is what really counts.
To set the records straight this theatre originally opened as the Bethview under the AIT banner. After it slipped into porn it was given new names as the owners tried to reinvent it. First Cine Capri and then Old Bethpage. When Cultural Arts Playouse took it over they gutted it and reconfigured the seats. What had originally been the left wall was a semit-thrust stage with the audience in front and slightly to the sides.