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| + | [[File:alabamarocky1983.jpg|200px|thumb|right|1983 cast in front of the theatre after closing was announced. From left: Diane Hatcher, Tina Van Deusen, Johnny Dixon, Liz Roach, Delia Austin, Lisa Lorentz, Vicky Foster and David Mason. (Larry Reese : Houston Chronicle)]] | ||
[[File:BrocoliHorror.jpg|200px|thumb|right|2015 Poster at Trader Joes, now inhabiting the classic theatre]] | [[File:BrocoliHorror.jpg|200px|thumb|right|2015 Poster at Trader Joes, now inhabiting the classic theatre]] | ||
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'''Theater Open Date:''' November 2, 1939 | '''Theater Open Date:''' November 2, 1939 | ||
| − | '''Theater Status:''' Closed | + | '''Theater Status:''' Closed December, 1983 |
Alabama Theater was one of [[The First 30 US Theaters]] to show ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' as a weekly, ongoing midnight-only movie on June 11, 1977. | Alabama Theater was one of [[The First 30 US Theaters]] to show ''[[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]]'' as a weekly, ongoing midnight-only movie on June 11, 1977. | ||
| − | The theater closed in | + | The theater closed in 1983, and in 1994, became a Barnes & Noble book store. that closed in 2009, and there was talk raving it as a theatre, though it remained empty until it was designated a historical landmark. In 2012, it was meticulously restored by Trader Joes, who kept the theater theme and paid tribute to its ''RockyHorror'' History with a poster for ''"The Broccoli Horror Picture Show."'' |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
Cinema Treasures [http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1462] | Cinema Treasures [http://cinematreasures.org/theaters/1462] | ||
Revision as of 10:08, 21 June 2018
Theater Location: 2922 S. Shepherd Drive, Houston, TX
Theater Open Date: November 2, 1939
Theater Status: Closed December, 1983
Alabama Theater was one of The First 30 US Theaters to show The Rocky Horror Picture Show as a weekly, ongoing midnight-only movie on June 11, 1977.
The theater closed in 1983, and in 1994, became a Barnes & Noble book store. that closed in 2009, and there was talk raving it as a theatre, though it remained empty until it was designated a historical landmark. In 2012, it was meticulously restored by Trader Joes, who kept the theater theme and paid tribute to its RockyHorror History with a poster for "The Broccoli Horror Picture Show."
External Links
Cinema Treasures [1]
