Glove Theater
42 N. Main Street,
Gloversville,
NY
12078
42 N. Main Street,
Gloversville,
NY
12078
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Built in 1914, it was taken over by the Schine family in 1920, and housed the chain’s headquarters of their 160-theatre chain. The Glove Theater is in the midst of a multi-year restoration.
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The Schine brothers were loyal and cared about people. Although successful, they never let it go to their heads. They were very special!
I performed in two plays at the Glove in 2002. At that time, we were trying our best to use the plays to raise money to restore the theater. I have since moved further away and had a kid, so I haven’t been back much. But the current management (to my knowledge) would love the Glove to be a live theater venue (for professional touring shows as well as local amateur productions) that also shows second-run and classic films. Their model, I believe, is Proctor’s in Schenectady.
As for the balcony, when I was there, it was too dangerous to allow patrons to sit there, but functioned well for lighting purposes for the live shows.
Postcard of theater at:
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Bob
1979 Photo
1980 Photo
Need to update the address to 42 North Main Street. Here is another photo of the Glove Theater.
Any more news from the Glove?
A friend provided this photo link to the NYT:
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Very interesting photo! Any idea why the NY Times took the photo? Also – any news on the theater? Feel free to email me at
Here are some photos around the theatre
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I just noticed the error in the header for the Glove Theater. It was NOT built by the Schine brothers. From the Glove Theater website: The Glove Theatre was built October 9, 1914 and was owned by Dr. Henry Cady and George Dartch. The Glove was originally created to accommodate a variety of live performances such as opera, vaudeville shows and orchestral concerts. The theatre was purchased by Louis and J. Myer Schine and was converted into a vaudeville house in 1920.