Gay Theatre

119 W. Commercial Street,

Charleston, MO 63834

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davidcoppock on June 14, 2019 at 12:30 pm

Sounds like it was a happy place?

MichaelKilgore on June 12, 2019 at 10:02 pm

Why and about when the New Theatre became Gay were in the July 23, 1949 issue of BoxOffice:

CHARLESTON, MO. – Manager Ed Burns has changed the name of the New Theatre to the Gay to avoid confusion with the McCutchen, newest local theatre which is referred to by townspeople as the “new” theatre.