Following the weekend ending on Sun November 8th the following changes will occur: Hours of operation will shift to Thursdays through Sunday Berry Theatre rentals will also take on the same schedule Ticket prices will return to their pre-pandemic level...
Author: Dan Santelli
Winter 2020 Update
Dear Colonial Fans, This is NOT a typical October at the Colonial Theatre. In pre-pandemic days, October at the Colonial was one of our busiest months: a time when we’d delight in the offbeat at Halloween; welcome artists to the...
Keep the Arts Alive at the Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville
Read Full Article Help save a local legend in Phoenixville! The Colonial Theatre (aka Home of The Blob) is facing an unusually challenging winter: one in which we’re nearly 100% dependent on donations for survival. They’ve launched their (first ever) GoFundMe...
Colonial Theatre offers viewers a virtual nightmare
Read Full Article by Jonathan Weidler Pennsylvania’s Colonial Theatre is offering a virtual marathon of classic horror to get you in the mood for Halloween season. The Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville, PA is no stranger to weird fare. While the beautifully-preserved...
Historic Phoenixville theater’s Halloween film fest goes online
Read Full Article By Mark Abrams KYW Newsradio 1060 PHOENIXVILLE (KYW Newsradio) — The Phoenixville theater featured in 1958 sci-fi classic film “The Blob” is staging its first Halloween film festival later this week. All the programming will be available online because of...
The Phoenix Always Rises
Read Full Article By Carol Metzker The Show Must Go On Phoenixville businesses have risen above current challenges, too. A few blocks of Bridge Street transform into an open-air market part of each week. Students attended a summer Virtual College...
Mid-Year Update
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....
For movie theaters in the Philly suburbs, getting customers to show up is a bigger hurdle than getting them to comply with coronavirus restrictions
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,...
KYW NEWS: Colonial Theatre in Phoenixville offers new, private ‘screening room’ experience
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...
Brandywine Museum and Colonial Theatre raise the curtain on reopening
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)...
Statement of Executive Director on Black Lives Matter
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...
PENN LIVE: Even space aliens like the blob can’t escape coronavirus
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...