Wall Street Theatre
71 Wall Street,
Norwalk,
CT
06850
71 Wall Street,
Norwalk,
CT
06850
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The Regent Theatre was opened in 1915. By 1941 it had been renamed Norwalk Theater and was operated by Paramount Pictures Inc. through their subsidiary Mullins & Pinanski.
I used to go see Max Creek and Widespread Panic at the Globe Theater in Norwalk. The first time I went there was in 1994. The last Creek show I saw was in October of 1998 and this was a great regional venue. The sound was weird as it circulated around. When you went into the balcony, you always felt like you would fall down because of the steep angle. (The floor below had no seats – it was all general admission). There was the regular balcony and then another small one above it where we all went to smoke up and nobody cared. The floor was small but the theater looked big from the parking lot.
Loews Theatres was the last movie operator, after acquiring it from USA Cinemas, who acquired it from CinemaNational.
It eventually reopened as a nightclub known as the Roxy Theatre and later, the Globe Theater and has since closed again.
A restoration for live theatre and other entertainment began in 2015, and the theater is slated to reopen as the Wall Street Theatre in late 2016.
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I stopped by there the other day. All retail in front is no longer and there’s a great mural on the side of the auditorium that I don’t remember ever being there. The nearby Garden Cinemas is behing this theater.
Opened in 1916 as the Regent at 73 Wall Street, per the City Directory. Becomes the Norwalk Theatre in 1939 at 71 Wall. In 1986 it’s listed as the Cinemanational Theatre Operations as well. Last listed in 1989.
The 1989 listing says Loew’s Norwalk Theatre.
I was the manager for CinemaNational from around 1985 to 1987. This was an old vaudeville theatre with a stage and proscenium arch. Carbon arc projector when I was there. Wasn’t showing the better films like when I managed the Greenwich Twin in Greenwich, CT, more like “Halloween III,” Friday the 13th part 6, “Purple Rain”, “Batchelor Party”, etc.
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Kenneth — I would love to get in touch with you regarding some questions I have about the theater — is there a way to do so?
The Regent Theatre opened in 1915. This item is from the December, 1915, issue of the trade union journal The Motorman and Conductor:
The theater is now being renovated by a non-profit organization, and is to eventually reopen as the Wall Street Theatre. This is their web site. Their history page says the Regent opened in September, 1915. There is an undated photo of its reopening as the Norwalk Theatre. The first movie shown under the new name was the 1939 production The Story of Alexander Graham Bell. The Norwalk Theatre closed in October, 1989, with the movie Kickboxer.rfkjunior, how can I contact you ? Or can you please pose your questions here?
Sorry Kenneth. Just saw your response—–
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