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This small theatre opened as the "C.H. Brown Theatre" in 1909, making it the oldest continuously-operating venue in the city; like most theatres, its ownership changed hands over the years, and they changed its name periodically. Between 1913-1918, it was called "The Poppy;" 1918-1920, "The New 16th Street;"1920-1926, "The Rox;" 1926-1930, "The Gem;" 1930-1933, "The Gaiety;" after 1933, "The Roxie." Many theatres changed hands in the early 1930s, at the nadir of the Depression. According to the theatre's own web site: "[The Roxie] has been functioning as an independent arthouse theater since the 1970s, showing the best of art, music, foreign and documentary films." ("About the Roxie,"Accessed 04/18/2012.) In 2012, Chris Statton was the theatre's Executive Director. Ownership of the theatre also ran a film distribution company, Roxie Releasing.

PCAD id: 17769