La Rita Performing Arts Theatre

311 Denrock,
Dalhart, TX 79022

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Joe Vogel
Joe Vogel on November 22, 2012 at 12:33 pm

Other Voices, Other Towns: The Traveler’s Story, by Caleb Pirtle III, says that the La Rita Theatre closed as a movie house in 1957 and remained dark for nearly a third of a century, finally being renovated for use by the Dalhart Community Theatre in 1989.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on March 2, 2009 at 10:21 am

There is a photo of the interior of the Larita in the 2009 Texas Travel Guide. Rather plain but beautiful.

lostmemory
lostmemory on August 23, 2008 at 4:35 pm

Here is a photo of the La Rita Theater.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on July 31, 2005 at 7:06 am

Photo of the La Rita Theatre.
View link courtesy seth

Seth
Seth on August 25, 2004 at 9:00 am

Charles, I’ve been listing as closed things that are no longer movie theaters. I don’t see much difference between retail and music shows as far as cinema goes. Of course one preserves the venue better, but neither shows any movies, which is what the site is about. I also am not sure about listing the performing arts places under their current names. After all, this was just the La Rita Theater, and we should list it as such. We don’t list the MacArthur Theater in DC as a CVS.

Chuck1231
Chuck1231 on August 24, 2004 at 11:52 pm

This is the web site for the LaRita Theatre http://larita.org/ and it seems that the theatre is still open. Some great pictures of the theatre on their website.