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In the 1960s Elvis used to rent the Memphian Theater, now the Circuit Playhouse, to watch the latest films with his friends. We wonder if Elvis rented the cinema in 1956 to see his own movie “Love Me Tender”.

These viewings were often all night affairs. It was the only way for him to have such a gathering out of view of the public. Though its days as a movie theater ended more than two decades ago, the Memphian remains in use today, as one of the city’s best-known smaller live theaters, a role it has served since 1986. That was the year the vacant Memphian was renovated and transformed by the Circuit Playhouse Company into Playhouse on the Square, a showcase for legitimate theatre, musicals, comedy and children’s theatre.

Contributed by Greg Lynch -