Sidney Theatre
120 W. Poplar Street,
Sidney,
OH
45365
120 W. Poplar Street,
Sidney,
OH
45365
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Chakeres Theatres Sidney 3 was closed in September 2004 after more than 50 years of service to the Sidney community.
Originally known as the Ohio Theatre, it was operating prior to 1941 and had a seating capacity of 1,300 with a single ground floor and the balcony. It was later split into two theatres “giving it the stadium seating of today”. Sidney 3 stopped showing the late shows after 8:pm Sunday – Thursday in the late-1990’s and the end was near when on July 30th, 2004 with the opening of “The Village” they stopped later shows after 8:00pm all together and run just a 7, 7:15 and 7:30 all week with matinees on Saturday and Sunday.
By 2009, it had reopened as a performing arts center.
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A 1996 view of the Sidney Theatre in Sidney here and here.
1982 photo of the Sidney Theatre.
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1982 photo of the Sidney Theatre.
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2005 photo of the Sidney Theatre.
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Does anyone know if the Sidney, Murphy (Wilmington, OH) and Regent (Springfield, OH) Theatres were related or just all got their signs produced at the same time by the same company? It seems more than coincidence that all three theatres had six letters in their names and signs of the same design.
2010 photos of the Sidney Theatre courtesy of Alan C.
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Agilitynut, I don’t know if this has anything to do with the answer to your question, but all three theatres that you mentioned were operated by Warner Brothers in their early years and later by Chakeres.
Their webpage is up at http://www.myspace.com/the_sidney They got new management in 2009 and dropped all their punk shows. However, they haven’t updated the webpage since 2009.
Here is a nocturnal photo of the new front of the Sidney Theatre, on the cover of Boxoffice, September 3, 1955. Chakeres Theatres had spent an estimated $500,000 remodeling the Sidney, which it had acquired from Stanley Warner Theatres the previous December.
Looks like the only thing that changed on the marquee from the Box Office cover photo compared to some of the 2010 photos is the attraction panel on the marquee.
Renovated for $200,000 in 1955, according to this trade article published in January, 1956: boxoffice