Cabaret Theatre

The geodesic dome picture here is for another theatre, not the Playhouse Cinema Southfield, later known as Cabaret Theatre. The geodesic dome theatre was part of this 1950’s shopping center: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northland_Center. There was also live legitimate at this shopping center, which may have been held at some place other than the geodesic dome theatre. The Southfield Playhouse Cinema I & II is not related to any of these and not in the same location. The address was 25570 W. 8 Mile Rd, “1 block east of Beech Daly.” It was in a strip mall and the building can be seen on google’s roadside camera. The theatre was busted for allowing minors to see X-rated films (see article - I found the date - 1-24-73). Soon after the name was changed to Cabaret Theatre. Ads in May 77 say “under new management” and still said that in Jan. 79. Jan. 81 ads were porn, so the change to porn probably occurred in 1980. This twin theatre was originally intended to be a Jerry Lewis theatre but appears to not have used the name. There was also a “Playhouse 1 & 2” in Marysville (no listing on C. Treasures) in the early 70s which could have been the same operator. This is something to research (also see CT entry for Waterford, MI Playhouse twin l/k/a Academy 59 Twin.) CT says the opening was 10-25-72 for the Southfield Playhouse Cinema. Ads found dated Fri 10-27-72 showed the theatre playing “The Other” in a multiple wide run.