Falcon Theatre

18 Broad Street,
New Britain, CT

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Functions: Nightclub

Previous Names: Music Box Theatre, Rialto Theatre

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Falcon Theatre

The Falcon building still stands and the theater was located, most likely, in the spot now occupied by a nightclub.

In its heyday, the Falcon, known earlier as the Music Box and, earlier, the Rialto, was one of at least 8 movie houses in the city which totaled about 8,500 seats at a time when New Britain had a population of only 68,000.

Contributed by Roger Katz

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Roger Katz
Roger Katz on April 23, 2004 at 7:01 am

The former Falcon Theatre is now used as athe Arkadia nightclub. Their website is at http://www.clubarkadia.com/ .

shoeshoe14
shoeshoe14 on July 23, 2005 at 8:50 am

Actually that website was wrong, it’s http://www.arkadiaclub.com/ and they list themselves as 16 Broad Street.

shoeshoe14
shoeshoe14 on October 3, 2007 at 6:52 pm

The Rialto is featured on page 86 of Images of America: New Britain. There’s actually 3 separate books in the series on this city.

There’s another picture on page 83 of Images of America: New Britain #2 of the fire at the Falcon.

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