The Mamaroneck Playhouse, closed since 2014, reopened June 17, 2022, as the eight-screen Mamaroneck Cinemas. (Lohud.com story, photos, video) So, let's take a look back at the history of movie-viewing in Mamaroneck.

See images through the years of The Playhouse and its predecessor, The Auditorium, in the photo gallery. Tap arrows or thumbnail images to advance through the gallery. Read more about the theaters’ history below the gallery.

The Playhouse at 243 Mamaroneck Avenue opened Dec. 5, 1925, as a community theater. But it was not Mamaroneck's first movie house on Mamaroneck Avenue. Before The Playhouse was The Auditorium. It was a bit farther up Mamaroneck Avenue on the same side, about where 349 Mamaroneck Avenue (Juarez Grocery) is today. A Charlie Chaplin short film, "The Bank," is one of the "photo plays" featured in a circa-1915 photo.

The Playhouse succeeded The Auditorium and offered live vaudeville performances early on and movies for decades. The single-screen Playhouse was converted into a four-screen theater in 1970, then closed in 2014. It is being resurrected with eight screens.