It’s Show Time

By Nick Gerlich
If there is one structure in America's cities that captures the ethos of the community, the culture, the social aspect, it is the theatre. Forget about the suburban cineplexes that started dominating the landscape in the 1970s. No, it was those glorious one-screen monoliths that were the anchors and cornerstones of the downtown district.

They were where people went to see and be seen, to consume the latest in entertainment, to wear their fanciest, and participate in life apart from work and drudgery. Theaters were simultaneously escape and fantasy as much as healthy release from the tedium of everyday life. Their glorious marquees, with neon tubes buzzing and bulbs by the score burning brightly enough to burn a few retinas, were testament to the good taste of a community.

And Route 66 across New Mexico is no exception. We’re about to take a journey across New Mexico’s 66, theatre to theatre.
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