Was reopened for the 25th Maryland Film Festival this past May (2024.)
New plans have been announced to add performances and other uses for the facility other than just for film. It is a unique venue, for sure. The closest thing I can compare it to is the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Majestic theatre (a preserved ruin, as they call it.) Basically sealing the interior walls and ceiling as it was found, doing minimal restoration other than the seating and lobby, while creating a totally new space on the west side of the building.
I’m not sure where people got the idea the marquee is gone. I live a few blocks from this old theater and I can say for certain it is still there. It boasts “Waverly Main Street” across it. The theater was purchased by a non-profit organization acouple years ago and hope lives on it can be re-purposed as a theatre. I’m told if you poke your head above the dropped ceiling in the stores that have been carved into the old auditorium, one can still see the theater’s ceiling.
Was reopened for the 25th Maryland Film Festival this past May (2024.) New plans have been announced to add performances and other uses for the facility other than just for film. It is a unique venue, for sure. The closest thing I can compare it to is the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Majestic theatre (a preserved ruin, as they call it.) Basically sealing the interior walls and ceiling as it was found, doing minimal restoration other than the seating and lobby, while creating a totally new space on the west side of the building.
I’m not sure where people got the idea the marquee is gone. I live a few blocks from this old theater and I can say for certain it is still there. It boasts “Waverly Main Street” across it. The theater was purchased by a non-profit organization acouple years ago and hope lives on it can be re-purposed as a theatre. I’m told if you poke your head above the dropped ceiling in the stores that have been carved into the old auditorium, one can still see the theater’s ceiling.