Ann Arbor 2 Theatres - Ann Arbor MI

Address: 210 S 5th Ave
City: Ann Arbor
State: MI
Zip: 48104
County: Washtenaw
Open: 1966
Capacity: 477
Owner History: Goodrich Quality Theatres
Theater Type: Neighborhood House
Number of visits to this page: 13259
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General Information:

The Vth Forum, or Fifth Forum, opened as an art and foreign film house in 1966, by Roger and Kenneth Robinson, who also owned the Ypsi-Ann and Scio Drive-Ins. Its architect was Lester Fader. Though its decor was typical late-1960's style, the theater offered a pair of comfortable lounges and sold coffee in its lobby decades before the current trend in today's megaplexes became popular. The theater, which originally sat around 560, opened with Jean Luc Godard's The Married Woman.

In early-1979, the Vth was sold to Goodrich Theaters and was renamed the Ann Arbor Theatre a few months later. A year later, Goodrich twinned the Ann Arbor, renamed the Ann Arbor I & II, with one auditorium seating 155, and the other seating 325. In the late-1980's, there were plans to raze the theater, and erect a 15 story condominium on the site, but this never came to fruition. The Ann Arbor continued to operate as a venue for first-run commercial, art and foreign features for many years, but today is closed. [Cinema Treasures]

Info Updates:
6/2/2009 - Derek
Since 2008, this property has been a night club called the 5th Quarter. It replaced a another club called Oz which closed in 2007. The exterior has been significantly modified and is now black
 Photos:3
Ann Arbor 2 Theatres - Old Photo
Old Photo
Ann Arbor 2 Theatres - July 9Th 2022
July 9Th 2022
Ann Arbor 2 Theatres - The Vth Forum 2002
The Vth Forum 2002
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