Fair Theatre
90-18 Astoria Boulevard,
East Elmhurst,
NY
11369
90-18 Astoria Boulevard,
East Elmhurst,
NY
11369
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I was talking to the manager of the theater. He said that there is a lot of pressure from the church that is on the corner to have the theater stop playing porn. However, the theater has gotten some support from people who say the theater is kept clean, the patrons don’t bother anyone. Let’s see. It might become a church yet.
The Fair never really changed away from being a porno cruise theatre. Although they advertised regular films for awhile they still had the lounges and booths they have now.
The switch in programming Warren alludes to, I’m pretty sure, might have been a panic move on behalf of the owner of the Fair, after the Giuliani-advocated restrictions on adult businesses in the city became law in the mid- to late-1990s. The audiences for what were literally made-for-TV movies from the 1970s and straight-to-video, 3am USA Network-type programming must have been, to absolutely no surprise whatsoever, sparse, so the return to a porn booking policy must have been a logical one from a business perspective. Whatever ‘renovations’ the Fair may have underwent I’m frankly not bold enough to explore…
No it definately has a balcony I would place the amont of seats close to 1000.
There is no way this house has only 600 seats it has a large balcony in addition to the orchestra. I think the marquee does say The Fair
I think this is a very large house that used to play second run. It has a great old marquee.
The Fair is far from dilapidated. While it is true that it is showing porn, the management has maintained this theater quite well. It is clean.
This theater is still alive. They are running porn. They play ‘regular’ movies on the main screen. They have booths where men can go into and engage in whatever it is they want with other men.