Glove Theatre
42 N. Main Street,
Gloversville,
NY
12078
42 N. Main Street,
Gloversville,
NY
12078
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Glove Theatre, Gloversville (Official)
Additional Info
Previously operated by: Schine Circuit Inc.
Architects: Linn Kinne
Functions: Live Performances, Movies (Classic)
Styles: Art Deco
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
518.773.8255
Manager:
518.773.8255
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Opened October 9, 1914, the Glove Theatre was designed by Utica, NY based architect Linn Kinne, who was known for his design of churches. Initially it was a live theatre and vaudeville house. It was taken over by the Schine family in 1920 and housed the chain’s headquarters of their 160-theatre chain. In 1995 there were plans proposed to demolish the Glove Theatre to become a parking lot.
The Glove Theatre was renovated and restored in the mid-2010’s and reopened as a performing arts & movies venue. It had its last booking in August 2018. It has been closed by the city due to code violations.
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Recent comments (view all 28 comments)
The Schine brothers were loyal and cared about people. Although successful, they never let it go to their heads. They were very special!
I performed in two plays at the Glove in 2002. At that time, we were trying our best to use the plays to raise money to restore the theater. I have since moved further away and had a kid, so I haven’t been back much. But the current management (to my knowledge) would love the Glove to be a live theater venue (for professional touring shows as well as local amateur productions) that also shows second-run and classic films. Their model, I believe, is Proctor’s in Schenectady.
As for the balcony, when I was there, it was too dangerous to allow patrons to sit there, but functioned well for lighting purposes for the live shows.
Postcard of theater at:
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Bob
Any more news from the Glove?
A friend provided this photo link to the NYT:
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Very interesting photo! Any idea why the NY Times took the photo? Also – any news on the theater? Feel free to email me at
I just noticed the error in the header for the Glove Theater. It was NOT built by the Schine brothers. From the Glove Theater website: The Glove Theatre was built October 9, 1914 and was owned by Dr. Henry Cady and George Dartch. The Glove was originally created to accommodate a variety of live performances such as opera, vaudeville shows and orchestral concerts. The theatre was purchased by Louis and J. Myer Schine and was converted into a vaudeville house in 1920.
The restoration seems to be going very well – from the official page’s photo gallery, it looks like they’ve basically finished restoring the interior décor – looks great!
Appears to have been reopened in 2019. Link to website below, but it is in a Foreign language.
https://business.fultonmontgomeryny.org/list/member/glove-performing-arts-center-the-974
The Glove is open currently with live performances and classic movies aired every Wednesday night. Here is the updated website: Glove Theatre