Star Theatre
585 Main Street,
Islip,
NY
11751
585 Main Street,
Islip,
NY
11751
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Uploaded a photo of an ad publicizing a special exhibiting event in which the Star would participate which appeared in the September 5, 1920 Paramount Week.
My uncle was a partner from the 50’s to the 70’s at the drug store in this location. I remember the stage in the back area of the drug store. Does anyone have any photos of it when it was a theater?
The original open air space was called the Star Airdrome. They showed five reels of film daily with a 10 cent admission for adults, 5 for children.
The small stage was about 30 inches above the main floor and accessible by three steps to the side. In the portion which is exposed in the antique store (one half of the whole) the stage was at best 9 x 12 with a small enclosed area to the side (wing/dressing room). The ceiling over the stage was very old wood. If, in fact, it was the original the space above the stage was about what is now standard in a house. So with the narrowness of the stage, a width of, maybe, 24 feet and no special height, there would be sever limits to any live performance/vaudeville.