The Alabama Theatre is a historic movie theater located at the intersection of Alabama Street and Shepherd Drive in the Upper Kirby district of Houston, Texas. Constructed in 1939, in the Art Deco and Streamline Moderne styles as a suburban theater, the Alabama primarily booked roadshow engagements through most of its history.

The Alabama Theatre opened on November 2, 1939 with the feature "Man About Town" starring Jack Benny and Dorothy Lamour. After the Alabama Theatre ...

The restored Alabama Theatre now functions as a Bookstop. Cinema Houston chronicles the city's movie houses and drive-ins over the last century. Lost Theatres | Palaces | Majestic Metro | River Oaks | Alabama | Neighborhood | Multicinemas | Drive-ins | Alvin

The Alabama stopped showing movies in 1983 and the building reopened the following year as Bookstop after a restoration and adaptation designed by Judith Urrutia and Billy Lawrence of San Antonio. The most recent tenant in the Alabama space was Bookstop, which closed in 2009 after owners Barnes & Noble moved to a new store built on the site of ...

The Alabama Theatre is ADA accessible on the Floor level. There is no elevator access to the Mezzanine, Dress Circle or Balcony levels so these areas are not considered accessible. A Phonic Ear system for the hearing impaired is available.

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Rocky Horror Picture Show Participants / Fans Circa 1983. The 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. (Photo by Larry Reese)

Sep 19, 2013 · Before Alamo Drafthouse there was the Majestic and Alabama theaters, to name a few. Check out Houston's historical movie scene.

Sep 1, 2021 · The Alabama Theatre was placed on Preservation Texas’s 2007 MEP list due to the threat of demolition. In 2011, Trader Joe's announced it would open another Houston location in the former Alabama Theatre building.

The Alabama Theater building is well-documented, well-redeveloped and well-loved by the community. Built in 1939, the Alabama stopped showing movies in 1983. It was redeveloped in 1984 by Bookstop Corporation who utilized the services of architects Judith Urrutia of Chumney/Urrutia and Billy Lawrence (both of San Antonio).