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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » Washington » Morton » Roxy Theatre

Roxy Theatre

Morton, WA
213 Main Street
, Morton, WA 98356 United States
(map)
Status: Closed/Renovating/Restoring
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Art Deco
Function: Unknown
Seats: 350
Chain: Independent
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
Roxy Theatre
Recent view of the Roxy Theatre's faded exterior
Photo courtesy of Ken Layton
There is no description available for this theater.

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Contributed by Ken Layton

YOUR COMMENTS

 
Theater was built in the 1930's and closed around 1984.
posted by Ken Layton on Sep 26, 2001 at 10:21am
Theater is located at 213 Main Street in downtown Morton. Projection & sound equipment are intact and operational.

Building is in need of a paint job and sections of neon tubing are broken out of the Roxy sign.
posted by Ken Layton on Sep 27, 2001 at 1:17pm
The Roxy Theater in Morton, WA has been purchased by the Fire Mountain Arts Council and is in the process of being brought back to life. The organization is a non-profit group whose plans include developing a community theater, with live performances, concerts, movies, etc.
The web site address is: www.firemac.org
I am so glad to see this happening and I hope more old, unused theaters can be brought back to their former glory.
posted by willis on Apr 3, 2004 at 10:35am
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.
posted by Jim Rankin on May 27, 2004 at 2:49am
B&W photo:

http://community.webshots.com/photo/135146278xCAIEC
posted by TC on Mar 1, 2005 at 2:50pm
Theater is open and has been doing punk rock concerts on the expanded stage. The area newspaper, The Chronicle (Centralia, Wash.) just did a great story on this theater in their Saturday June 4, 2005 edition. The newspaper site is www.chrononline.com
posted by Ken Layton on Jun 13, 2005 at 4:40am
This photo from the 1990's shows the Roxy theater in Morton.

posted by Lost Memory on May 21, 2006 at 6:58am
The Roxy Theater has a new website! www.roxyplayhouse.com They also are showing movies, holding concerts, and starting June 7th, 2006 will do professional, live summer stock theater.

For more info like showtimes and ticket prices visit their website, www.roxyplayhouse.com The theater is located close to Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Rainier, so its a great thing to do after a day of sightseeing and touring.
posted by M. Donnelly on Jun 4, 2007 at 8:35am
Here is a close-up view of the Roxy Theater.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 4, 2007 at 10:35am
Lost Memory: Your photo is recent enough that "Fracture" is playing. LOVE that this theater is back in business for both films and plays.
posted by Katie Mac on Aug 11, 2007 at 12:19am
The theater was completely gutted and expanded. The interior was completely changed. What was a movie theater only (had no real stage or dressing rooms) now has a full stage and primarily serves as a playhouse with movies taking a backseat.
posted by Ken Layton on Aug 11, 2007 at 7:18am
1985 Photo

1986 Photo

posted by Lost Memory on Apr 21, 2009 at 5:56pm
www.roxyplayhouse.com no longer works.

Seems you have to use www.firemac.org again for their website
posted by Ken Layton on Jun 1, 2009 at 10:40pm
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