8 places 8 towns $16 one-time
The performing venues scattered across the Hudson Valley came into being because artists and programmers refused to accept what was already available elsewhere. Shadowland Stages in Ellenville was built by theater makers who left New York City in 1985 and rescued an abandoned Art Deco vaudeville house. Time and Space Limited in Hudson exists because its founders rejected compromise and relocated their entire operation here in 1991. The Rosendale Theatre was saved from developers by volunteer effort in 2010. They're run by people who chose to build what they wanted to see rather than accept what was handed to them. The guide covers eight venues: indie film rooms and restored movie palaces, working theater companies across Beacon, Ellenville, Hudson, Kingston, New Paltz, Rhinebeck, Rosendale, and Woodstock.
What we thought of each of these 8 places is in the guide. $16 for all 460 places.
Shadowland Stages in Ellenville began in 1985 when NYC theater artists bought an Art Deco vaudeville house. Judd Hirsch and Sean Astin have performed here.
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DENIZEN Theatre in New Paltz screens one film weekly with post-show talks, plus original theater. The black-box room sits above Water Street Market.
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Rosendale Theatre in Rosendale kept its 1949 tin ceiling and screen. Saved from developers in 2010, it runs silent films and Godzilla nights for $10.
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Story Screen Beacon is Beacon's restored 1930s movie palace with three screens, real-butter popcorn, and a Wonder Bar next door for cocktails.
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Time and Space Limited (TSL) in Hudson: moved from NYC in 1991, 60-seat screening room shows political documentaries and experimental work.
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Ulster Performing Arts Center (UPAC) in Kingston: 1927 movie palace with 1,500 seats and largest proscenium between Manhattan and Albany.
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Woodstock Playhouse runs summer musicals and plays in Robert Elwyn's 1938 experiment. It burned in 1988 and rebuilt with the original facade.
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The same nonprofit that opened in 1972 on money borrowed from its founders' parents, showing Duck Soup for a buck fifty, now a 200-seat refurbished house inside a building that's carried a movie screen since 1927.
Heads upCall or check website for current programming and showtimes. Cash-friendly but accepts credit. Small theater; popular films may sell out. Check website for special events and film series.
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In the guide
The names and the practical detail above are free. The guide adds what we thought of each place, how we rated it and what to watch out for, including the ones we'd tell you not to bother with. It does the same for the other 452 places in the other categories.
You pay once. Access doesn't expire, and anything we add or correct later is included.
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