Charles Theatre

193 Avenue B,
New York, NY 10009

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drewcarolan
drewcarolan on July 28, 2005 at 11:22 am

Boys in the Band played there in ‘69. There was talk of it having folding chairs in some part of the theater. I grew up down there but never went in.

fjmarkowitz
fjmarkowitz on July 11, 2005 at 6:33 am

Hey thanks! There it is, the Charles still open in 1972.
Amazing MGM released something like this.

RobertR
RobertR on July 10, 2005 at 5:38 pm

Look at this trashy film “Cool Breeze” MGM released in 1972. This was in the waning days of the once great studio.
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fjmarkowitz
fjmarkowitz on June 9, 2005 at 11:53 am

I re-call seeing “Claire’s Knee”, “2001”, and perhaps “Satyricon” there circa 1970. I can’t rememberwhen it actually closed but must have been shortly afterwards, perhaps 1972-73

Gerald A. DeLuca
Gerald A. DeLuca on June 7, 2005 at 12:33 pm

I believe Radley Metzger’s steamy “Camille 2000” got audiences hot and bothered there for a while in 1969.

RobertR
RobertR on June 7, 2005 at 11:09 am

In June of 1968 the Charles had a double bill of “Guess Whos Coming to Dinner” & “Luv”.

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[Deleted] on October 27, 2004 at 9:31 pm

I also believe the Charles Theatre opened as the Bijou Theatre with the name change occuring around 1945.

romerol
romerol on October 27, 2004 at 8:31 pm

During the 60’s when the neighborhood was hispanic/puerto-rican
and hippies, my loving, now deceased aunt and her frisky handed
boyfriend took me to the Charles theatre to see “ the Killing of
Sister George”.
I guess I was about 6 or 7, strange movie, I do remember breasts
and murder, but mostly what I remembered was that my aunt and boyfriend only watched a quarter of the movie (lol).
It was a small theatre, sat about 500, and a big “ CHARLES"
on the marquee.
Thanks Aunt Dolores.

RobertR
RobertR on September 24, 2004 at 3:17 pm

Theatres like this are what made NY great. The village has nothing that will ever replace the Bleecker, Theatre 80 St Marks or the 8th Street Playhouse.