Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center
1 School Street,
Foxborough,
MA
02035
1 School Street,
Foxborough,
MA
02035
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Previously operated by: Daytz Theatre Enterprises Corp., Entertainment Cinemas, Orpheum Circuit
Functions: Movies, Performing Arts
Previous Names: Orpheum Theatre, Orpheum 1 & 2, Foxborough Cinema 1-2-3 Regional Center for the Performing Arts
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
508.543.2787
Manager:
508.543.4434
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The Orpheum Theatre was originally built in 1926 as a silent movie theatre. By 1957 the Orpheum Theatre was operated by Daytz Theatre Enterprises Corp. and continued to show movies throughout the 1960’s and 1970’s and was twinned on December 12, 1982 and became the Orpheum 1 & 2. Soon briefly renamed Foxborough 1 & 2 it was triplexed in June 1983 becoming the Foxborough Cinemas 1-2-3. Finally, after over 70 years as a movie theatre, the Orpheum Theatre closed by Enterainment Cinemas on November 14, 1991.
The Foxborough Regional Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. purchased the Orpheum Theatre in 1993 and converted the theatre into a peforming arts center and reopened it in 1994. In October 2017 it was renamed Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center.
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Here is one of the photos I took last night before seeing Enron: the Smartest Guys in the Room. The Orpheum is a 32 minute drive from where I live. The village common across from the theatre is very pleasant.
I’m glad that you made it out to the Foxboro theatre; you should have stopped by the booth! A former projectionist who had worked at the Orpheum years ago was visiting that night and enjoyed seeing the venue in its present form.
(I should point out here that the cause of Friday’s brief show interruption—a clogged fan which tripped a thermal sensor in the lamphouse power supply—was corrected on Saturday afternoon.)
The MGM Theatre Photograph and Report form for the Orpheum in Foxborough has a photo taken in May 1941. Unlike most of the facade photos in these Reports, the photographer stood about 100 yards away, for some reason. The address is given as “Rockhill Street”. The Report states that the theatre is not a MGM customer; but in the next line states that it has been presenting MGM product for over 10 years. It states that the theatre is over 15 years old; that it is in Good condition, and has 418 seats on the main floor and 113 in the balcony, total: 531 seats. A competing theatre is the Mansfield Theatre in Mansfield, and the 1940 population of Foxboro was 6,300.
Today in history shown 1978 House Calls 7:00-9:00 lol Admission only $1.50 phone 543-5612 wow ! how time flies
For the Halloween season 2008 the Orpheum has fitted itself out as a “haunted theater” which patrons can roam through, including the backstage area.
The Orpheum continues to host a variety of entertainments. During Christmas week there will be 2 different children’s shows on stage, and from Dec. 26 – 28 will run the annual Three Stooges film festival.
The Orpheum in Foxboro is listed in the 1927 Film Daily yearbook as having 300 seats and open 3 days per week.
Hello! We are under new management and very excited to be bringing back our core mission – performing arts and movies for the regional Foxborough, Massachusetts community! We are building our slate and looking forward to being part of the community once again –
Now named “Marilyn Rodman Performing Arts Center”.
The Orpheum was twinned on December 12, 1982 after a short one-month remodeling, which went under the name Orpheum Cinema 1-2. It was renamed the Foxboro Cinemas 1-2 a short time afterward, but the following year in 1983, a third screen was added on June 23, 1983 and was renamed Foxboro Cinemas 1-2-3. The Orpheum closed as a first-run triplex movie theater on November 14, 1991, after 75 years as a first-run house. Entertainment Cinemas was its last operator.