Charles Theatre
193 Avenue B,
New York,
NY
10009
193 Avenue B,
New York,
NY
10009
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Boys in the Band played there in ‘69. There was talk of it having folding chairs in some part of the theater. I grew up down there but never went in.
Hey thanks! There it is, the Charles still open in 1972.
Amazing MGM released something like this.
Look at this trashy film “Cool Breeze” MGM released in 1972. This was in the waning days of the once great studio.
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I re-call seeing “Claire’s Knee”, “2001”, and perhaps “Satyricon” there circa 1970. I can’t rememberwhen it actually closed but must have been shortly afterwards, perhaps 1972-73
I believe Radley Metzger’s steamy “Camille 2000” got audiences hot and bothered there for a while in 1969.
In June of 1968 the Charles had a double bill of “Guess Whos Coming to Dinner” & “Luv”.
I also believe the Charles Theatre opened as the Bijou Theatre with the name change occuring around 1945.
During the 60’s when the neighborhood was hispanic/puerto-rican
and hippies, my loving, now deceased aunt and her frisky handed
boyfriend took me to the Charles theatre to see “ the Killing of
Sister George”.
I guess I was about 6 or 7, strange movie, I do remember breasts
and murder, but mostly what I remembered was that my aunt and boyfriend only watched a quarter of the movie (lol).
It was a small theatre, sat about 500, and a big “ CHARLES"
on the marquee.
Thanks Aunt Dolores.
Theatres like this are what made NY great. The village has nothing that will ever replace the Bleecker, Theatre 80 St Marks or the 8th Street Playhouse.