Vail-Leavitt Music Hall
18 Peconic Avenue,
Riverhead,
NY
11901
18 Peconic Avenue,
Riverhead,
NY
11901
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Theatre has been acquired by Riverhead for expansion and redevelopment.
I went there in the late 1980’s when they were showing classic movies and some recent ones to raise money for the restoration on Saturday nights. There would be a trivia contest to win tickets for future showings between showings. I was saw a Nelson Eddie & Jeanette McDonald movie also a Clara Bow talking movie “The Wild Party, also a Lou Diamond Phillips movie.
Just made some comments on the page for the Suffolk Theater (around the corner) which apply equally to this one… Some half-baked thoughts on how to make this theater-restoration thing really work…
I never went to the Mini Cine myself, but I do remember looking every week in Newsday for the listings for this theatre, a sample below:
Mini-Cine: Top Hat Fri. Sat. 8
I remember how that single listing just stood out among the multi-listings of the multi-plexes, and how I said to myself “One day, I will go!” Sadly, one day never came for me….
I remember when they had the Mini Cine downstairs and showed some great old films.
Any theater historian,fan,should put this second floor theater on the must see list!
If you love theaters this is a must you will not see this style oftheater in the country anymore.This is a MUST MUST TO SEE plan a trip……………..