Un-reel restoration: Boyertown’s State Theatre to show its first digital film

The Reading Eagle

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Since reopening in October, Boyertown’s historical State Theatre has hosted plays, concerts and other live entertainment.

On Friday the 105-year-old theater takes another major step toward revival: It will begin showing movies for the first time since it closed more than two years ago. The first movie will be “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” the fifth installment of the “Pirates” series.For generations of Boyertown-area residents who knew the State, at 61 N. Reading Ave., as a neighborhood movie house, the return of films marks a significant milestone in its comeback, which has involved extensive renovations and community support.