Patchogue Theatre for the Performing Arts
71 E. Main Street,
Patchogue,
NY
11772
71 E. Main Street,
Patchogue,
NY
11772
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Thanks Lost for posting that. OF course, the renovation is now complete, and a success. I believe Gateway Playhouse of Bellport still does operate occasional shows at the Patchogue, especially when it’s a play that can’t fit into their smaller Gateway Playhouse in Bellport.
The Village of Patchogue ownes the Theatre and it is a non-for-profit corporaation. It is run by a volunteer board, has all volunteer workers with the exception of the paid house manager and ticket booth person.
Gateway will be doing “Aida” and “The Full Monty” at the Patchogue Theatre this summer also Steve Howe from the the rock group “YES” is going to be their May 20th and a B-103 Oldies Concert June 25th…
Does Gateway still have performances there?
Yes, but I don’t believe they are projected movies. I’m not sure though.
still shows movies on occasion
I looked at the website for the Patchogue Theater for the Performing Arts. While Gateway still produces shows there it is run by a not for profit Corporation.
i dont think so/
That is the second marquee they have had on that theater since 1998. Originally, it was your standard type of marquee where you puit letters on it manually. A year ago they added the digital one to it.
Does the Gateway Playhouse of Bellport still run this theater?
he took a new jod in N.J.
really wow.
why???
The director of this theater quit today .
you were busy today/bway did you or do you work in the movie bsns
Here’s a photo of the Patchogue Theater taken today:
Click here for link to photo
I never said they were original in the introduction (I’m Chris), I just said they were “restored” meaning it was made to look like it was when it opened. The entire fascade was redone after the fire in the 50’s. The front of the theater was made narrower, and another store thrown in. The marquee was made half the size of the original at that point, and the building was done in a light blue 50’s style brick.
When they restored the theater to it’s turn of the century appearance in the 90’s, they took over the store to the left (which was originally part of the lobby when built), and restored the marquee to it’s original size.
Although the main auditorium is “restored”, the main lobby and facade have been renovated and updated. The facade and the lobby are not original as stated in the introduction.
Not mentioned is that UA ran this theater for many years when it was a movie house, when it was closed by UA it was a reduced price house.
That’s a great story!
The one near Wendy’s at the Sunrise and Waverly Ave was the Sunwave Theater. (Click to read more about it). The one a little further east was the Plaza Theater.
There was also the Rialto Theater on South Ocean Ave that lasted until the late 70’s when it burned.
The one with the drive-in is where the Movies at Patchogue 13 is located today.
Patchogue had an astonishing amount of theaters. Here’s some of the others that may be befoe many of our times, but some did last into the 50’s:
Star Palace Theater
Lyceum Theater
Granada Theater
slightly off the topic but once i scurried inside this theater with popcorn and soda in hand only to discover that i had picked the wrong theater! i had seen the same movie the week before.
the owner at the time – a dour woman with short brown hair – phoned ahead and i was able to drive -popcorn and soda carefully balanced on the seat beside me – to the correct theater and run inside.
there were 5 theaters in patchogue at this time; this one, one slightly east on the same road, another on sunrise highway (where Wendy’s is now) and a drive in (which also contained an indoor theater!). Anyway it was a wonderful theater then and – having seen mickey rooney there as well as an ice skating show in the past 2 years – i can say that its STILL a great theater. long may it live!
the village owns it
thank you Bway
I believe the Village of Patchogue owns the theater, as they are the ones who spent all the money to refurbish it. I think they have a company though that runs the theater though. The Gateway Playhouse from Bellport used to run it when it first reopened, bu they no longer do.
I am almost certain though that the Village owns it though.
I have a question not a comment. Can you please advise who owns the theater.
Yes, you are correct. I checked again, and “Ward & Glynne” was in front of “Patchogue” in the original name.
Just to add a bit more, when they were restoring the Patchogue theater in the late 90’s, all the seats were removed and they actually had obtained the velvet seats from the Imperial Theater in Manhattan to repace the old seats. So the Imperial’s seats are now a part of Ward & Glynne’s palatial Patchogue theater…..just a little theater trivia…
The original name for the Patchogue Theater was the Patchogue “Ward and Glynne” theater and opened on May 23rd 1923.
It originally had 1330 seats, although at some point it was expanded.