Capitol Theater

The Capitol Theatre seated 747 people.

I lived directly across the street from it, on the exact spot where the photographer of this photo stood, from birth until 4 years old.

I have the few photos of the theater's interior and exterior circa 1948. Also,I have admission ticket from 1940's. Admission 18cents.

FrankPerrella@hotmail.com

I'm here in Waterbury today continuing my urban exploration of abandoned houses and factories and finally saw the Capitol. If you look through the front doors you see the sanctuary but it only extends about 75 feet to the wall. The rest of the auditorium isn't visible and I wonder if they use it as a rec center or something. It was closed but I plan to call up and ask. The rear stage/screen space is more narrow than most theaters. In the very back, the basement door on the ground was closed, but there was no lock. I lifted it back and saw it was clean underneath. Their property has no fence between them and the house next door so I felt sketched out a little bit. But that shouldn't stop one of you!

Frank Perella's photo of the Capitol Theater marquee in 1948 can be seen at http://www.brasscitylife.org/images/content/photogallery/B132.jpg

Back in the 1960's/70's, after the theater closed, the building was an appliance store known as "Ziggy's Brooklyn Annex."

To ex-Waterburian: Thanks so much for the photo. Wow! Imagine seeing "Treasure Of The Sierra Madre" at the Capitol!

Opened in 1925.