Community Theatre
373 Main Street,
Catskill,
NY
12414
373 Main Street,
Catskill,
NY
12414
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The Community Theatre was opened in 1920 as a vaudeville theatre. Later movies were introduced and by 1941 it was operating as a movie theatre.
In 1976, the auditorium was twinned by dividing off the balcony. It plays first run movies, and is equipped with digital projection and is 3D capable.
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driveindaughter, please contact me. i have some questions regarding that theatre. Thank you,
Is this theatre still up for sale? This posting says the theatre is a movie theatre…yet the link points to pictures and a description that says it is a live theatre. I would assume that it is both, but would rather hear it from someone who is familiar with the theatre. While I am interested in this building, the $450k price tag seems a bit pricy for a theatre building in a predominately seasonal area. Being that that website is old, hopefully the price has been ‘adjusted’ by now…if it is still for sale.
Any info would be appreciated.
Thank You,
JG
I just attended the “Independent Film” showing on wednesday night. the theatre is now under new management and is part of a city wide revival in Catskill New York. Nice old town struggling to come back from many rough years.The town was used as a major location in the film “Cake Eaters ” . Nice theatre with positive and creative owner. robbie dupree
Here is a website for this theater. This link should replace the dead link in the Related Websites above.
This is from Boxoffice magazine, January 1960:
Continuing his theater expansion, Paul Marcelli, who served as a projectionist at the Leeds Drive-In in 1958, took over the Communnity in Catskill. He previously acquired the Leeds, then the Vanderbilt in Greenville, the latter from Mrs. Harry Lemont. Marcelli reportedly did good opening business at the Community with “A Summer Place”. That 1200-seater was under the management of Brandt Theaters for about nine years.
Btw, Lost Memory, the link for the above-mentioned theatre doesn’t seem to work.
The new link from 7/16 works fine. As he pointed out, the link in the related sites is defunct.
MPol….Make sure that your clicking on the blue highlighted word “Here” in the July 16, 2008 comment.
The year given for this photo is 1981.
Hello all! If you would like to know anything more about our theatre, please feel free to contact us using any of the following methods:
Voicemail for showtimes: (518) 943-2410
E-mail address:
Website: http://www.thecommunitytheatre.com
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/thecommunitytheatre
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/catskilltheatre
Our theatre is alive and well, and has seen many recent improvements since changing hands in 2005, including:
– The installation of new digital equipment & surround sound
– Installation of a credit & debit card system
– Brand new carpeting throughout the entire theatre
– A brand new letterboard and new neon for our marquee (following two accidents that left us with a damaged marquee and destroyed letterboard)
– Roof & ceiling work
– New paint in various areas, and more!