Larchmont Playhouse

50sSNIPES on June 21, 2026 at 3:48 pm

The Larchmont Playhouse once became national headlines following the fatal stabbing of its theater manager, 47-year-old Paul Marks of Park Slope, Brooklyn, New York, exactly two months after Marks became manager of the Larchmont Playhouse, and I think it’s best to include information about the murder.

On July 12, 1992, Marks was fatally stabbed to death at the theater’s basement exactly two months after Marks became the manager of the Playhouse itself. According to investigators, he was both bludgeoned, abused, r*ped, and stabbed to death during the early morning hours, several hours before the day’s first showing of “A League Of Their Own”. His body was found faced down on the boiler-room floor, hogtied with an orange extension cord and a black electric cord.

The suspect, 16-year-old Eduardo Castillo-Rojas, an illegal immigrant from Chihuahua, Mexico, who also resided in Park Slope was taken into custody from inside a Holiday Inn room in Las Cruces, New Mexico, exactly 13 days after the murder. according to a student at the University of New Mexico at the time, he first met Hurst in New Mexico on an Amtrak train in March 1992. His cousin, 24-year-old Samuel Rojas, also from Chihuahua, was also taken into custody afterward. According to investigators, it was confirmed that Marks hired BOTH Samuel and Eduardo to work in May 1992.

On July 3, 1993, Eduardo was found guilty on two counts of second-degree murder. According to Eduardo, he murdered him for both money and s** (my reaction: “WTF?”). He was sentenced to 25 years to life by a judge the following month, and according to the judge himself, he will not be released from prison until he’s 41. The entire story was SO GIANT that almost every single newspaper outlet in New York updated information about Marks' murder multiple times until the Spring of 1994.

Moviefan333 on December 1, 2022 at 12:43 pm

Still nothing going on with this Theatre. Doesn’t look like the outfit that bought it is going to do anything at this point. They were supposed to do a mix of art house movies and regular films and other special screenings. They probably see the state of the movie business today and decided not to invest a hefty sum to redo the theater. Very sad anyway it would’ve been good to have the theater open great for the businesses.

ridethectrain on March 17, 2022 at 8:51 am

Please update, theatre opened August 3, 1933, Clearveiw Cinemas took control of the theatre in September 1997 from United Artists Theatre Circuit and became a triplex on November 20, 1998.

moviebuff82 on September 8, 2017 at 11:32 am

They should renovate it with recliners and reserved seating.

movieguy on April 27, 2014 at 8:15 pm

I do not think they will close this theatre. They just converted to digital about 4 months ago. The Mamaroneck Playhouse. Was 35MM right up to the last day of operation. Bow Tie said it would have been too costly to upgrade and renovate the theatre. Not a very good company when they say. “Movie going like it, used to be, but only better”

lawnninja on January 7, 2013 at 8:06 pm

In 1992 the manager was murdered by an employee and they found the body in the theater. I remember seeing this on the nightly news. http://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/28/nyregion/teen-ager-arrested-in-death-of-theater-manager.html