(6/1) Gettysburg College’s Majestic Theater reopened on May 21 after being closed for over a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Tickets and show times will initially be limited, so advance ticket purchase is strongly recommended. Tickets are $9 each.
"The pandemic has devastated theaters across America, so May 21st will be a day of great rejoicing," noted Jeffrey Gabel, Founding Executive Director. "Not only at the Majestic but at all downtown shops, restaurants, and the borough parking garage, which are patronized by our movie-goers."
In addition to the return of daily first-run movies, Curbside Popcorn the annual Summer Classic Movie series in the Majestic’s historic 1925 auditorium returns starting June 2 with The series opens June 2 with 1978’s Superman, The Movie in which alien adoptee Clark Kent (Christopher Reeve) grows up to become a mild-mannered reporter, as well as the "Man of Steel." On June 9, enjoy Danny Kaye at his tongue-twisting best in 1955’s The Court Jester, which also features Glynis Johns, Angela Lansbury, and Basil Rathbone. Then, on June 16, an all-star cast recreates the controversy surrounding an 1839 slave revolt in 1997’s Amistad. Clark Griswold attempts to take his family to Walley World on June 23 in National Lampoon’s Vacation, and on June 30, a spunky orphan learns "the sun will come out tomorrow" in beloved musical Annie (1982).
On July 7, an ambitious clerk is tricked into thinking he won a prize for a winning coffee slogan in Christmas in July (1940). Wear an ugly Christmas sweater to the movie and get a free bag of popcorn! The Color Purple (1985) on July 14 follows Celie’s journey to rise above decades of abuse, violence and betrayal. On July 21, Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton team up to save a historic house of ill repute in The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982), and then on July 28, a band of young misfits discover an ancient map and set out to find long lost treasure in The Goonies (1985).
Alfred Hitchcock’s bizarre horror story of birds attacking innocent school children and nesting in Tippi Hedren’s blonde bouffant, The Birds (1963) is on screen August 4. Then on August 11, enjoy Hollywood royalty Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn in 1948’s State of the Union. On August 18, Admiral James T. Kirk resumes command of the USS Enterprise to rescue Earth from a mysterious alien life form in Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979), before the series wraps up on August 25 with George Lucas’ nostalgic farewell to the 1950s, American Graffiti (1973).
In preparation for the public’s return to the Majestic Theater, a number of policies and procedures have been put in place to help ensure the health of patrons and employees. Masks are required at all times inside the Majestic unless a patron is in their seat, enjoying a treat from the concession stand. Occupancy is initially limited in all spaces, and auditoriums and other public areas will be thoroughly cleaned before and after each show. The Majestic’s commercial HVAC system provides filtered fresh air into the building continuously. In-person ticket sales have been relocated to the historic box office under the Carlisle Street marquee outside the theater. A complete health and safety guide is available online at www.gettysburgmajestic.org and outside the Box Office at 25 Carlisle Street, Gettysburg.
Daily movies show times are 7 p.m., every Monday-Friday, 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., Saturdays, and 2 p.m. and 5 p.m., Sundays. Movie schedules will be posted as available on the theater’s website, www.gettysburgmajestic.org, at the theater at 25 Carlisle St., Gettysburg, and on the Box Office hotline at 717-337-8200. The Box Office will reopen on May 21. Box Office hours are 5 - 8 p.m., Monday- Friday; 1:30 - 8 p.m., Saturday; and 1:30 - 6 p.m., Sunday. Tickets are always available online at www.gettysburgmajestic.org.
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