Community Theatre
1424 Post Road,
Fairfield,
CT
06824
1424 Post Road,
Fairfield,
CT
06824
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It’s fantastic that the Theatre has been redone inside and the twin theaters switched back to one original theater. They now have live events and movie screenings. Great for this organization to have put the money and time into redoing the theater
https://www.ctpost.com/business/article/Fairfield-Community-Theater-bought-by-SHU-Kleban-13901628.php#photo-17563445
The Community is reopening! https://dailyvoice.com/connecticut/fairfield/lifestyle/long-shuttered-community-theater-in-downtown-fairfield-to-reopen/768961/
I contacted them about it. It needs a good amount of work and he was pretty firm on wanting $7500 a month
The summary up top is wrong. The theatre closed in summer of 2011 (9/8/2011) not 2012.
Anyone know of anything going on with this theatre yet?
What a shame. I saw so many movies at the Community Theater as I grew up in Fairfield – everything from Amadeus to Dirty Dancing to Out of Africa and Rattle and Hum. Surely there must be a handful of locals like me ready to rally for this theater! Is anybody looking into re-opening the Community?
The theater is now closed. I was in the neighborhood earlier today and the marquee reads “For Lease”.
I live in Rockland County NY, about 60 minutes away from the Community Theatre! I am looking forward to visiting again, after going back in 2002. I missed Hot Tub Time Machine in the souless multi-plex.
They are now screening that motion picture until May 13th. For $4.00 VS $11.50! All one has to do is wait 4-8 weeks for the film to come to the Community.
It is a wonderful theater lovingly operated by a friendly and caring staff!
The Fairfield City Directory shows the Fairfield Theatre opened in 1920 at 859 Post Road and becomes the present incarnation on 7 Unquowa Road.
There’s an old photo of this theater on page 24 in Images of America: Fairfield.
Here is a link to the CinemaTour website with many interior and exterior photos of the Community Theatre.
www.cinematour.com/tour/us/3927.html
Thanks, Lost, for your photo. It is a familiar sight as I often pass by it on the way to work. I attended another screening after the one I described above, and there were no problems whatsoever, and all had a great time. This is a community treasure that should be supported.
I saw that there was a “family friendly” movie playing there today, so I brought along my wife and daughter, who had never been to the theater. It was a little shabbier than I remembered it, but still at least struggling to exist. The theater was manned (or, should I say, “adolescened”) by teens and pre-teens who did all the jobs, such as taking care of the tickets, refreshments, and ushering. The tickets aew $4, a bargain in this age. The popcorn and soda were great and very low-priced. I don’t know if the kids did the projector also, but I was quite surprised to see the movie began at precisely the time advertised…for all of about five seconds. Then, there was a deafening roar and the screen went black. After a bit, one of the teens came into the audiorium and apologized to the audience, stating “there was something wrong with the projector” and “it would be abour five minutes” before it could be fixed. About 25 minutes later, the movie began, shortly beyond the point of trouble. Despite all this, I’m happy to see concerned citizens doing what they can to keep this movie house going, and, if they make good enough movies, I’ll be back.
I have attended this theater both prior to and following its “twinning”. If there were better movies today,I would frequent it more often, as this is one of the few places you can get a small sense of what movie theaters were like in their heyday.My favorite story about this theater was, approximately 16 or 17 years ago I attended a viewing. When they changed reels, the segue was so choppy that afterwards, I found myself discussing this with one of the patrons and suggesting that maybe they “lost a reel” in the process. Afterwards, I was listening to a review of the movie on the radio and discovered that I had been conversing with the critic herself, who mentioned our conversation in her review!
Marquee photo:
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The only thing sorely missing from this place is availability of REAL BUTTER on the popcorn. Might I suggest making this available, for a fee, of course, at ALL movie theaters?? Not every one of us wants that “buttery flavor” Mazola on our popcorn!
RobertR – One of the balconies was closed off because there is now an office where the staircase used to be. The only way up to that balcony is up the other staircase which if it were to be used would disrupt the audience on that side if there is a movie running at that time. Hope this answers your question and if anyone else would like any information feel free to email
Why is one side of the balcony closed off?
This is a quaint old theatre in downtown Fairfield and they provide a bunch of special programs for everyone including children, seniors and my favorite “cinemoms” a free screening on Friday afternoons for mothers (or fathers) with babies. Thanks to the volunteers. Check their website for more info – there is a link provided by Knutsen a few posts above this one.
The Community Theater is a community treasure. They play quite a few foreign films that are hard to find elsewhere, and the price is always just $3. The best thing about it is the downtown location with shops and restaurants nearby. Much nicer than the multiplex theaters with their mall-like atmosphere.
The theatre does have a web site, with showtimes!
I have heard there are volunteer oportunities at the theater. Please contact me.
thanks roger!!
piggy: View link will get you their showtimes