Roxy Theater
2004 Main Street,
Northampton,
PA
18067
2004 Main Street,
Northampton,
PA
18067
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The Roxy is a true Cinema Treasure. It will always be my number one theatre!
My wife & I just saw “Ray” here. What a fantastic theater. The owner is quite proud of his theater, as he should be. The theater is in prime condition.
It is amazing how many theatres are named ROXY in imitation of the once famous name of the New York City panjandrum of the movie palace: Samual Lionel Rothapfel = “Roxy”. His namesake was the famous ROXY THEATRE in NYC, which outlasted him by only 25 years when it was demolished in 1960. The whole story is in that landmark book “The Best Remaining Seats: The Story of the Golden Age of the Movie Palace” by the late Ben M. Hall in 1961. Various editions of it are sometimes available from www.Amazon.com, but only the first edition contains the color plates.
The first film I saw here was “Raiders of the Lost Ark” in 1981, when I was 8 years old. The beauty of that theatre was apparent to me even at that young age. I recently saw “Pirates of the Carribean” there, and was impressed by the renovations that have been accomplished without deteriorating the decor of the building. As an added bonus, the manager took my friends on a mini tour of the building! A great theatre with a great crew to run it.
My wife and I have been here several times. Nice touches: renovation inside and out, live organ music Saturday night, dollar coins in change for tickets, and a very reasonable admission price. I am sure we will make the hour drive a few more times to re-live our teens.