Mid-Plaza 6
1100 Broadway Mall,
Hicksville,
NY
11801
1100 Broadway Mall,
Hicksville,
NY
11801
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Additional Info
Previously operated by: Century Theaters, Fox Eastern Theatres Corp., Mann Theatres, RKO
Architects: Leon A. Miller
Previous Names: Twin North and South Theatres, Mann's Twin North and South Theatres, North and South Theatres
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News About This Theater
- Mar 31, 2013 — "2001: A Space Odyssey" 45th Anniversary – The Cinerama Engagements
- May 23, 2012 — Celebrating the Original STAR WARS on its 35th Anniversary
- May 18, 2009 — Remembering Cinerama (Part 31: Long Island)
- May 25, 2007 — Happy 30th, Star Wars!
Opened by Town and Country Theatres on May 27, 1964 with Elizabeth Taylor in “Cleopatra” in the Twin North Theatre. This 2,000-seat cinema was located in the Mid-Island Plaza Mall in Hicksville, NY. It was later taken over by Fox Eastern Theatres. A 1968 advertisement shows the South Theatre playing “2001: A Space Odyssey” in 70mm Cinerama exclusively on Long Island. In 1973 it was taken over by Mann Theatres. From December 21, 1984 this theatre was chopped up into six screens by an independent owner and renamed Mid-Plaza 6. It closed on September 8, 1989 when it was announced Redstone was opening a new multi-plex in the new Hicksville Mall and was afterward demolished and replaced by an IKEA store.
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This theatre was built by architect Leon Miller in 1963-4 and operated by him for several years before he sold or leased it to Fox-Eastern Theatres along with some other “Town And Country” theatres he designed and built. The only one he kept to this day is the South Bay Theatre in West Babylon.
P.S. Cleopatra was the inaugural attraction at the Twin North and South Theatres. Mr. Miller told me when I met him two or three years ago. By the way, Leon said “Torn Curtain” opened the South Bay Theatre. His other theatres were the Wantagh and Town theatres on Long Island.
This theatres' name in the heading should be changed to Twin Theatres North & South. The “Fox Plaza” never preceded or was the name of this Twin Theatre. It was never called Fox Plaza North or Fox Plaza South. Note the Cleopatra ad above and you’ll see. It WAS never a Fox Eastern Theatre when it opened, that was only after it was sold to Fox-Eastern. When Mann took over all Fox Eastern Theatres in 1973, they were still known as Mann’s Twin North and Mann’s Twin South. Thanks CT if you correct the error.
This theatre was ran by different chains, Mann Theatres, Cinema 5 and RKO Century. It became independent an open as 6 screens on December 21, 1984.
Please add December 21, 1984 as the date it open a 6 screens. Just uploaded the ad as a sixplex
Twin North opened on May 27th, 1964 with “Cleopatra” on a hard-ticket policy. Grand opening ad already posted.
Yep, It Had A Variety Of Name Changes Throughout The Years. When It Became A 6-Screener, It Was Named Mid-Plaza 6.
Grand opening ad:
Town & Country Twin North and South in Hicksville opening 27 May 1964, Wed Newsday (Nassau Edition) (Hempstead, New York) Newspapers.com
It was opened by Town & Country theatres and taken over by Fox Eastern Theatres (NGC) per Newsday (Nassau) March 3rd, 1966 p105 in newspapers.com.
Please update, became a 6 plex on December 21, 1984 and North and the South each was split into three screens each. Closed on September 8, 1989.
Also previous Chains after Town and Country Fox Eastern Theatres NGC Fox Eastern Theatres Mann Theatres Cinema 5 RKO Century and Town And Country again in 1984 when the made it a sixplex.
uploaded picture of the IKEA store in the photos, former Mid Island 6