Rough Times at The Pavilion
There were rumors swirling around this summer of bedbugs at the Pavilion, and just this weekend a Brooklynian poster put up some disconcerting photos of the theater itself. Yikes. Time for a gut renovation?
There were rumors swirling around this summer of bedbugs at the Pavilion, and just this weekend a Brooklynian poster put up some disconcerting photos of the theater itself. Yikes. Time for a gut renovation?
Huh? WHat’s wrong with the Court Street one? You all are snobs.
Of course, quel suprise.
Way back machine…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIAzftRwjyA
yeah – the BPC theater is the only big one I will set foot in.
Completely agree with Benson. The theatres at West and Chamber Streets are surprisingly clean and nice. It’s suburban-esque, but a very welcome change from the dirty and dingy theatres that are so prevalent in NYC. I wish there were more well-maintained independent theatres in New York.
For those with cars who live in Brownstone Brooklyn, a good place to go on the weekend is the multiplex off of West and Chamber Streets in Battery Park City. Only 20 minutes away, and it’s not that hard to find parking on a weekend evening (although it’s getting harder with all the residential development going on there). First-class theater, and a more mature crowd.
BAM is a 30+ min walk from most of PS. Cobble Hill is farther.
Why doesn’t someone open a theater down toward Gowanus? I’d walk there. It’s ridiculous that there’s no decent theater in PS. Has to be some way to make the numbers work.
Just make the seats out of molded plastic.
AWESOME!!
It’s like a Times Square Theater circa 1989. Throw in some hookers in torn fish net stockings milling about outside and Park Slope can be a fun place.
I was living in PS when it reopened and we were all so excited that the building stayed a movie house as opposed to being refurbed into some horrible “Cinema Condos”. But the excitement quickly faded. It’s been poorly run and maintained from almost the get-go and the movie-going experience there was pretty uniformly miserable. And the staff was atrocious. We stopped going a long long time ago. I’d rather got to the either Court Street theater or BAM.
I agree, BAM is just about the only theatre I’ll go to anymore, mostly because of the audience at others (constant talking during the picture, etc.). I enjoyed The King’s Speech (corgis and the Queen Mum can’t miss), much more so than Black Swan, which I did see on Jan. 1.