Alabama Theater

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2015 Poster at Trader Joes, now inhabiting the classic theatre


Theater Location: 2922 S. Shepherd Drive, Houston, TX

Theater Open Date: November 2, 1939

Theater Status: Closed

Alabama Theater was one of The First 30 US Theaters‎‎ to show The Rocky Horror Picture Show as a weekly, ongoing midnight-only movie on June 11, 1977.

The theater closed in 1994, and became a Barnes & Noble book store. that closed in 2009, and there was talk raving it as a theatre, though it remained empty until it was designated a historical landmark. In 2012, it was meticulously restored by Trader Joes, who kept the theater theme and paid tribute to its RockyHorror History with a poster for "The Broccoli Horror Picture Show."

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Cinema Treasures [1]