September, 2020 Dear Colonial Theatre Patron, I hope that you and your dear ones are doing okay during these difficult times. I’m writing to briefly update you — one of our much-appreciated supporters — on what is happening at the Colonial....
Read Full Article When the Colonial Theatre reopened in downtown Phoenixville last month, its board was optimistic — as long as moviegoers were willing to wear masks and follow a long list of coronavirus safety precautions. It turned out, however,...
Read the full article PHOENIXVILLE (KYW Newsradio) — The historic Colonial Theatre on Bridge Street in the Chester County community of Phoenixville is still trying to find its way after opening more than three weeks ago under COVID-19 safety...
Read Full Article Ken Metzner, executive director of the Colonial Theatre, says it will open to the public on Friday, July 3. The spacious main theater, which can seat 650, will allow room for social distancing for 250. (Emma Lee/WHYY)...
Black Lives Matter, and… As we try to process the compounding impacts of the unrest borne of the brutal killing of George Floyd and countless other Black Americans before him, and a pandemic that has taken over 105,000 lives, the Colonial Theatre stands in solidarity...
Read Full Article Blobfest, the annual celebration of the 1958 filming of the B-horror flick “The Blob” in Phoenixville, will be a very different celebration this year. During the coronavirus pandemic, the 21st annual celebration on Friday and Saturday, July...
Read the full article Colonial Theatre—Phoenixville, Pennsylvania The Colonial has leaned on puns, riffing on movie titles by posting messages like “Don’t Stand by Me” and “No Close Encounters of any kind” on its marquee. “That usually takes two people. It...
Read full article 4. This theater is “showing” this almost Steven Spielberg movie:
Read the full article One of the major casualties of our modern age has been the pun. Once treasured as the product of quick and lively minds (see: Dorothy Parker, Oscar Wilde, Groucho Marx), the mighty pun has been made obsolete by the...
Read the full article FLICKS WITH A FOREIGN TWIST Kenneth L. Metzner is the executive director of The Colonial Theatre, the Phoenixville movie house most known for its annual Blobfest, but also for its ongoing showings of first-run independent and classic films,...
Read Full Article by Lori Dorn on March 30, 2020 Like movie theaters around the world, the Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania had to temporarily shut its doors to the public due. Theater management let their patrons know of the closure through traditional means, though they...
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