Miner's Theatre
204 W. Main Street,
Collinsville,
IL
62234
204 W. Main Street,
Collinsville,
IL
62234
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Opened in 1918 as the Miner’s Institute, it became a second-run movie theatre in the 1960’s and closed in 1984. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
Now re-opened as a live performance venue, in January 2011 it was closed for renovation.
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Bryan Krefft
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Here is a photo.
The theater company website shows productions in many different venues. It looks like the last show at Miners was in 2002, so they may not be using it as a venue now.
I don’t know which production company (or companies) is involved, but I do occasionally see coming-events posters at the Miners.
This is another photo of the Miner’s Theater.
it’s open! The new number is 618-344-0026 and it’s operating as a live venue.
Yes it is open. This is the website for the Historic Miner’s Institute.
Here is a July 2008 photo.
Bloomer Amusement Company (BAC) bought the Miner’s Theatre in the mid-1960’s and operated the theatre as a movie house until it closed in 1984. The header should at least have BAC listed as one of the chains. As far as live performances they haven’t had one since last summer when they had “Cinerella”. They played “The Exorcist last fall and a Halloween show on 10/31/09.
This theater is currently closed and renovations are in progress; however, elements in the renovation plan may have to be scaled back as the costs are running ahead of the original estimates and available resources: View link
Header should read closed/renovating