repertory

The carefully curated communal experience offered by repertory theaters is enduring the hardships of the box office, even after the pandemic, which led to the demise of some well-known cinemas.

“So, we book a lot of nostalgic repertory anniversary films, and they do really well. Sales overall are really up.”

While a chain like Alamo Drafthouse is widely known for its repertory screenings and special series, seeing older films run at AMC as frequently as they do now is relatively new.

As a young man he earned a scholarship to Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art — one of Britain’s leading drama schools — and soon began performing at repertory theaters.

After completing his studies, he set out on the grinding local repertory circuit that was the training ground for all aspiring actors in the 1950s.