The Roxy Theatre opened its doors sometime in the early 1950s and played host to movies and shows for nearly a decade. At that time, the theater was just one of many thriving businesses in the part of town known as the Tybee community. Students in the Fall 2015 Civic & Community class were able to track down some former Roxy patrons about what it was like to see a show there. These stories were originally published here.
Ruth Hill was just entering her teenage years when the Roxy opened in the 1950’s. At that time, Hill was in high school at Kelley Hudson High School on Macon’s south side. Hill remembers an environment where blacks could come enjoy movies and other entertainment in their own theater space.
“We only had the Douglass,” she said. “They built the Roxy so we would have another (theater). It was in the neighborhood and that’s where the practically all of us young folks would meet up.”
.Hill remembers memorable performances from well-known artists who came to visit like Otis Redding and Little Richard Penniman.
