Patsy, maybe you know the answer to this question. My aunt played Nellie Forbush in South Pacific with the Warren Players sometime in the late sixties. I was a child at the time. I seem to remember the presentation being at the Library Theater. But I know that the theater was primarily or exclusively a movie theater at the time. Were plays presented here occasionally in the sixties, or was it more likely that the presentation took place at the Beatty or Warren Area High School auditorium?
I went to the Balboa Theater for the first time last Saturday night. They were showing a colorized (yes, you read that right) version of Plan Nine From Outer Space on the big screen with members of the cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000 live on the stage commenting on the movie. It was a hoot with some of the people from Comicon showing up in costume as part of the audience.
The interior of the theater is gorgeous, not overdone or ostenacious. It probably looks much like it originally did. They oddest features are the faux waterfall scenes set into alcoves on each side of the stage. The lobby area is minimalist to say the least, but the 1300 plus seat interior is worth a look see. Of course, since it is a live venue now, you won’t get in for the cost of a movie ticket. You’ll have to pay a minimum of $25 to see anything there — even Plan Nine from Outer Space (colorized no less).
The restored Fox Theater (formerly Balboa Theater) organ had its debut last Friday and Saturday night when it was played during intermission of a presentation of the silent version of “Robin Hood”. It is staying at the Fox (now Copley Symphony Hall).
I attended a presentation last weekend of the 1922 silent version of “Robin Hood” starring Douglas Fairbanks. The original score was played by the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. During the intermission, the newly restored Fox Theater organ rose up out of the stage floor and we in the audience watched and listened with a sense of true awe. Altogether this was a wonderful experience I would like to see much more often.
My aunt tells me that her mother, who recently died at the age of 97, attended this theater on the south side of Scranton as a young girl. It was in the Italian section of town and many of those attending the silent films at this house were recent immigrants. They could not read the English captions, so their children would often read them out loud during the film. It was nicknamed by many “The Garlic House.”
Patsy, maybe you know the answer to this question. My aunt played Nellie Forbush in South Pacific with the Warren Players sometime in the late sixties. I was a child at the time. I seem to remember the presentation being at the Library Theater. But I know that the theater was primarily or exclusively a movie theater at the time. Were plays presented here occasionally in the sixties, or was it more likely that the presentation took place at the Beatty or Warren Area High School auditorium?
I went to the Balboa Theater for the first time last Saturday night. They were showing a colorized (yes, you read that right) version of Plan Nine From Outer Space on the big screen with members of the cast of Mystery Science Theater 3000 live on the stage commenting on the movie. It was a hoot with some of the people from Comicon showing up in costume as part of the audience.
The interior of the theater is gorgeous, not overdone or ostenacious. It probably looks much like it originally did. They oddest features are the faux waterfall scenes set into alcoves on each side of the stage. The lobby area is minimalist to say the least, but the 1300 plus seat interior is worth a look see. Of course, since it is a live venue now, you won’t get in for the cost of a movie ticket. You’ll have to pay a minimum of $25 to see anything there — even Plan Nine from Outer Space (colorized no less).
The restored Fox Theater (formerly Balboa Theater) organ had its debut last Friday and Saturday night when it was played during intermission of a presentation of the silent version of “Robin Hood”. It is staying at the Fox (now Copley Symphony Hall).
I attended a presentation last weekend of the 1922 silent version of “Robin Hood” starring Douglas Fairbanks. The original score was played by the San Diego Symphony Orchestra. During the intermission, the newly restored Fox Theater organ rose up out of the stage floor and we in the audience watched and listened with a sense of true awe. Altogether this was a wonderful experience I would like to see much more often.
My aunt tells me that her mother, who recently died at the age of 97, attended this theater on the south side of Scranton as a young girl. It was in the Italian section of town and many of those attending the silent films at this house were recent immigrants. They could not read the English captions, so their children would often read them out loud during the film. It was nicknamed by many “The Garlic House.”