I think the new theatre is fabulous. Nostalgia for the old Skokie Theatre is misplaced. It had become an unpleasant place to view movies—uncomfortable, badly managed, dirty. It opened and closed several times in the last 5 years and might have been demolished altogether if not for the Cavalcade of Music Foundation. Instead, we have a beautiful, comfortable theatre in which to hear great music (I saw the Diane Delin Quartet on Friday) and a close-to-original marquee and facade to preserve some of the charm that is rapidly vanishing in downtown Skokie.
I think the new theatre is fabulous. Nostalgia for the old Skokie Theatre is misplaced. It had become an unpleasant place to view movies—uncomfortable, badly managed, dirty. It opened and closed several times in the last 5 years and might have been demolished altogether if not for the Cavalcade of Music Foundation. Instead, we have a beautiful, comfortable theatre in which to hear great music (I saw the Diane Delin Quartet on Friday) and a close-to-original marquee and facade to preserve some of the charm that is rapidly vanishing in downtown Skokie.