Kings Theatre
1027 Flatbush Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11226
1027 Flatbush Avenue,
Brooklyn,
NY
11226
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And by problem I don’t mean him, I mean a top-down management problem that would result in one of their staff thinking it was okay to go off on a customer like that. And on a public forum. That’s one customer probably lost forever, plus everyone he tells his story to, and potentially anyone else who reads this blog.
Yeah, not exactly the Marcus Loew philosophy.
Wow! I think you just proved John’s point.
To John above, this is not a perfect world so when the box office experiences problems with today’s ticket selling methods, we do our best. Would it be right to start the movie and have people interrupt you while the orchestra is playing. We are not ill-mannered, unprepared inconsiderate staff! Doors open at 7:00 and traffic to the theatre on show nights is heavy. As with most shows PATRONS have no consideration when they show up through the first hour (8-9). and are angry. To those who come late, TOUGH LUCK! The theatre is three times the normal theatre it takes time to seat people. The Jersey deals with unreserved seats and has about 150 persons per movie screening. I’m sorry you had a bad time at Kings Theatre, Had you stayed,the orchestra that played got a standing ovation. There were no complaints as the over 2,500 audience was exiting, why didn’t you say something when you left in the middle of the show??? This doesn’t go for all patrons but “COME EARLY and BE ON TIME. Don’t blame the staff for your woes. There is a management team ready to help you. This is for John, stay in New Jersey and don’t pollute Brooklyn with your presence!
I just googled & found that Barry Lyndon (2 k) was screened with live music. I only found it at this theater. http://www.kingstheatre.com/shows/stanley-kubrick’s-barry-lyndon-live-orchestra-performance
Just left the screening of Barry Lyndon at intermission. For such a beautiful, generous space to have such an ill mannered, unprepared, inconsiderate staff is heartbreaking. A multi million dollar renovation with a lousy team to run it makes for a soulless evening. Very sad, I so wanted to experience a more magical night there. Instead I left halfway through the evening, which started an hour late due to the woeful mismanagement of the venue. If a film in a grand movie palace is what you’re looking for, you’re better off at the Jersey Loew’s, which is infinitely friendlier. They do it right in Jersey.
More than one party looked into multiplexing this place but given its dimensions it proved impractical.
Had Loews kept the theater open through its corporate history it would’ve gotten multiplexed in the 1980s and in the 90s with Sony owning the theater have SDDS in the screens as well as plush seats along with recliners by AMC. At least the Kings has become a popular venue for performing arts.
Of course that is how it would have been intended to be lit originally. An array of colors, with no white bulbs, amber being the brightest, displayed from recessed coves giving a luminous, atmospheric, and slightly mysterious glow to the auditorium. Dazzling and brilliant probably wasn’t what the original designers had in mind.
The organ is in ivory with gold trimmings,sorry for the typo.
The house lights are now fully lit and are on a dimmer. This happened during the first 6 months and was corrected. Remember all the lobby tubular light fixtures were not replaced also decreasing the beauty of the entrance lobby. However, some great news, the Robert Morton Organ console is now (as of 9/1/2017) on display in the rear promenade, fully restored inioory and gold trimmings. I have photos, but as an employee, I am prohibited from posting them here. IT IS SPECTACULAR to see it up close. So, come on down and see a show, look or ask for me, and as a paying guest, I’ll give you a short history. PLEASE change seating count to 3,398. Thank You and I’ll see you at Kings Theatre. TODAY the Loew’s Kings Theatre turns 87 years old. Happy Birthday to my baby!
I saw a show there soon after it opened and one difference between seeing the photos here and actually being there is that it is not as well lit in person. The house lights and lobby lights are down (at half?) as the patrons enter the building and the auditorium, as they should be. But this means that all the restoration work is not as eye-popping because the house is not lit for photo-taking but is lit for actual use, which means the show is the star and not the theater.
Of course it is still magnificent but in an elegant, more subdued way.
Do they have the houselights on full for the tours?
The tours are not worth the price and travel. New management have no idea of the neighborhood or the “history of the Loew’s Kings”. They only discuss the renovation of the KIngs Theatre. The tours are also very short. Instead of the tour, come and see a show and view the theatre at the same time. It’s the best way. Beleive me, I know!
The screen for Star Wars was 30' wide and 17' tall. As a kid I remember it as 36' wide and 20' tall. Yet, it looked great.
walterk, I am trying to co-ordinate with my wife to take one of these tours in the coming months. We shall see.
Mike (saps), I stand corrected. I had looked at the Kings website as recently as June to see if there were tours (I was visiting the area most of July) and didn’t find any information then, so I thought when a Facebook announcement on Monday said they were “kicking off our monthly tours today”, it was something new.
What I was looking for when I found the tour info was the pricing for the Star Wars Trilogy, which was a topic here. As tickets were no longer being sold, all I could find was an article that mentioned tickets started at $55, which would be for a balcony seat and the price that was mentioned in a comment above. One person commented to the article that with ticketmaster charges, two advance tickets came to $131.
I’m hoping my next visit to NYC this December coincides with at least one of the tour dates that month, that would be a holiday treat!
I think they have been giving tours for some time now, about twice a month…evenings, weekends, different schedules. Their e-mailings give the dates and times.
markp, believe it or not, today is the first public tour of the Kings, cost $15.00. This is going to be a regular event, there are 2 more tours later this month, one an evening event with a glass of wine. That might cost more. You can get more details by clicking the link to the Kings website on this page.
Admittingly, I completely forgot about this until a friend of mine posted on facebook that he was there. By then it was too late for me to start driving to get there. I would have loved to be there. This was the event I wanted to go to so I could see the renovated theatre.
I checked when I first found out about it. I think they were $55.
How much were the tickets?
Unfortunately, with almost no advertising for these special events, there would have been few people attending high priced Star Wars screening. I also would like to know more- was curtain used? was there surround sound?
Orlando, was there a big crowd? If the event was a success, maybe more film showings will be added to the Kings' menu?
I too would like to hear a more detailed report…
How many people were there for the show? What type of gear did they bring in to run it? I would have liked to be there but one-day events are hard to get to in the summer.