A recent photo essay about this theater appeared in the Huffington Post; the pictures illustrate its history and show the traces of the theater that remain after its conversion to a drugstore: View link
Apparently, Rave did not think it was a worthy acquisition; according to this brief article, the theater was permanently closed as of February 28, 2010: View link
I am certain that the address currently listed for this theater is actually that for the former Star Theater Two and that the address currently listed for the Star Theatre Two is the correct one for this theater. The addresses should be corrected.
The Star is now the Victory Fellowship church and the function above should be church. As the online history indicates, the church could have chosen two properties and chose the one at 591 Broadway. The church’s website indicates it was formerly a cinema. The article cited above indicates it’s the building at 618 Broadway that is going to be renovated and was formerly the West/Rock Theater.
I am certain that the addresses have been reversed; a search on 591 Broadway Street shows that the premises is the Victory Christian Fellowship church and the church’s website mentions that it was a former theater. The online history cited above indicates that the church could have chosen either the theater at 591 Broadway or the Rock at 618 Broadway and chose the former.
The addresses for this and the Star Theatre in Rock Springs should be corrected. This status of the Star Theater Two should be be Closed/Restoring, and the aka list should include West Theatre.
I think the address for this theater and the one for the Star Theatre in Rock Springs may have been reversed. According to this online history for 618 Broadway Street, the theater at that address was built as the West with 758 seats and then became the Rock: View link
In addition, the theater at 618 Broadway is going to be renovated and reopened according to this announcement, which indicates its former name was the Rock and that new facility will given its original name of the West: View link
According to this online history, this theater (at 618 Broadway Street) opened as the West and later became the Rock: View link
The history indicates that the seat count at the opening was 758, much larger than that given above. I might be wrong, but I think this theater was the one that in its last operating days was the Star Theatre Two.
At any rate, this is the theater building that will be soon renovated and reopened. It will be given back its original name of the West Theatre: View link
But what I do not understand about this particular case, is why Disney wants to shorten the release window on this particular film; this is a high profile film directed by a director whose films usually get a great deal of attention. If the expansion of 3D is supposed to be the thing that increases theater attendance, then why pull this one so soon when the theaters can charge more for people to see it? Shortening he release window on crap like “Valentine’s Day” or the next Will Ferrell turkey I could understand.
Or. perhaps, are the theaters homing in on this film because they know it is high profile so as to keep the release open longer on other films?
The link in the introduction points to the wrong theater (although one is just about across from the other). The group is trying to purchase the New Art 3: /theaters/7647/
If the comments for this little cinema are correct, this is just a little seventy-two seat theater. My guess is that assisting a local group in acquiring this would look a whole lot different to Waters than getting involved with the Senator in its present situation, no matter how much he probably loves it. Aside from the the theater’s size and operating costs, I am sure that the complexities of dealing with the local government agencies in Provincetown are quite different than those in the city of Baltimore.
When the theater first opened, the entry was inside the mall. The face of the theater had one of those murals of black-and-white iconic film images that appeared in a number of Loew’s theaters constructed in that era. There was no projecting marquee; the signboard was flat against the wall above the entry.
Later, when the theater was expanded, the box office for all the screening rooms was situated outside of the mall proper, a part of the new construction, located just outside of the wing of the mall where the original main entry was located. However, you had to enter the mall and use the original entryway if the film you were seeing was in one of the older two screening rooms. The original auditorium and the later twinned version had this bizarre lavender and chartreuse color scheme.
One of the theater’s auditoriums is now being used as a music venue called the Showcase that will also screen locally-produced and independent films, according to this article: View link
The theater facade got a bit of a facelift recently; this article has a picture and a link to another one showing what it looked like before the recent work began: View link
Here’s an article about a potential buyer: View link
A recent photo essay about this theater appeared in the Huffington Post; the pictures illustrate its history and show the traces of the theater that remain after its conversion to a drugstore: View link
Apparently this theater is in financial difficulty:
View link
A recent article with a picture of the facade: View link
Pacific has confirmed that this theater will become an Arclight
operation: View link
Apparently, Rave did not think it was a worthy acquisition; according to this brief article, the theater was permanently closed as of February 28, 2010: View link
This comment was posted just so that “New Fabian 8….” could post a profile full of spam.
A recent article about the Coleman with an interior picture: View link
There’s a small picture on this site: View link
As it is a completely new theater, the Fabian 8 has its own page here on CT: /theaters/29149/
This theater has, at least for now, suspended operations due to financial problems: http://www.kxxv.com/Global/story.asp?S=12044261
This theater recently had interior upgrades: View link
I am certain that the address currently listed for this theater is actually that for the former Star Theater Two and that the address currently listed for the Star Theatre Two is the correct one for this theater. The addresses should be corrected.
The Star is now the Victory Fellowship church and the function above should be church. As the online history indicates, the church could have chosen two properties and chose the one at 591 Broadway. The church’s website indicates it was formerly a cinema. The article cited above indicates it’s the building at 618 Broadway that is going to be renovated and was formerly the West/Rock Theater.
I am certain that the addresses have been reversed; a search on 591 Broadway Street shows that the premises is the Victory Christian Fellowship church and the church’s website mentions that it was a former theater. The online history cited above indicates that the church could have chosen either the theater at 591 Broadway or the Rock at 618 Broadway and chose the former.
The addresses for this and the Star Theatre in Rock Springs should be corrected. This status of the Star Theater Two should be be Closed/Restoring, and the aka list should include West Theatre.
I think the address for this theater and the one for the Star Theatre in Rock Springs may have been reversed. According to this online history for 618 Broadway Street, the theater at that address was built as the West with 758 seats and then became the Rock: View link
In addition, the theater at 618 Broadway is going to be renovated and reopened according to this announcement, which indicates its former name was the Rock and that new facility will given its original name of the West: View link
According to this online history, this theater (at 618 Broadway Street) opened as the West and later became the Rock: View link
The history indicates that the seat count at the opening was 758, much larger than that given above. I might be wrong, but I think this theater was the one that in its last operating days was the Star Theatre Two.
At any rate, this is the theater building that will be soon renovated and reopened. It will be given back its original name of the West Theatre: View link
Yes; its official website is: http://www.poconosmovieplex.com/
But what I do not understand about this particular case, is why Disney wants to shorten the release window on this particular film; this is a high profile film directed by a director whose films usually get a great deal of attention. If the expansion of 3D is supposed to be the thing that increases theater attendance, then why pull this one so soon when the theaters can charge more for people to see it? Shortening he release window on crap like “Valentine’s Day” or the next Will Ferrell turkey I could understand.
Or. perhaps, are the theaters homing in on this film because they know it is high profile so as to keep the release open longer on other films?
The link in the introduction points to the wrong theater (although one is just about across from the other). The group is trying to purchase the New Art 3: /theaters/7647/
If the comments for this little cinema are correct, this is just a little seventy-two seat theater. My guess is that assisting a local group in acquiring this would look a whole lot different to Waters than getting involved with the Senator in its present situation, no matter how much he probably loves it. Aside from the the theater’s size and operating costs, I am sure that the complexities of dealing with the local government agencies in Provincetown are quite different than those in the city of Baltimore.
When the theater first opened, the entry was inside the mall. The face of the theater had one of those murals of black-and-white iconic film images that appeared in a number of Loew’s theaters constructed in that era. There was no projecting marquee; the signboard was flat against the wall above the entry.
Later, when the theater was expanded, the box office for all the screening rooms was situated outside of the mall proper, a part of the new construction, located just outside of the wing of the mall where the original main entry was located. However, you had to enter the mall and use the original entryway if the film you were seeing was in one of the older two screening rooms. The original auditorium and the later twinned version had this bizarre lavender and chartreuse color scheme.
This theater is closed and for sale: View link
Yes; I would have thought that information would have been somewhere in the posting.
According to this article, this theater is now closed after thirty-five years of operation:
http://www.kgwn.tv/story.aspx?ID=3676&Cat=2
One of the theater’s auditoriums is now being used as a music venue called the Showcase that will also screen locally-produced and independent films, according to this article: View link
The theater facade got a bit of a facelift recently; this article has a picture and a link to another one showing what it looked like before the recent work began: View link