Lyric Theatre — Attraction in Blacksburg

The Lyric Theatre is, as always, absolutely beautiful. For being practically but a hole in the wall from the entrance, it opens into a large and beautifully decorated entrance hall behind a ticket booth that is separated from the vending options, giving the Theatre a tasteful and nostalgic feeling of old.

The viewing angles are quite pleasing and well situated, especially for not having a tiered system like modern theaters, and do not feel cramped or crowded no matter where you sit.

The sound system for the Theatre is fantastic and truly immersive. Feeling part of the action with fully surround systems with crisp treble, authentic middles, and powerful bass, whether the film is a thriller, action, drama, or other, you will enjoy listening potentially more than even watching, a rarity in theaters that often have overblown sounds.

During this time of COVID-19, they also take into consideration proper distancing and sanitization and the Theatre felt clean and well cared for even late into the night.

Truly a fantastic place and one I will...

Much improvement on the old days when I ratted in 1962-63. The only movie in 30 miles and we could not go out of town nor see TV in the cadet quad only in Davidson Chemistry office where we saw the announcements of Pres. Kennedy's death. I see the prominent WW I dead memorial seems to be gone from the lobby. It is much cleaner and brighter before it was so dark and dim lights they never turned off. Poor rats could not go out of town so when girl friends came to town it was the only place to go - no motels in 35 miles. So they sat with their girls to catcalls from the other cadets. Really awful movies then not a single one I can recall but it was either duckpin bowling (I see is now gone) in the student union or the Lyric. Memories of the NOT SO...

I’m from Blacksburg, and the ticket line stretched all the way down College Avenue, and around the corner to Draper Road. 2001 a Space Odyssey, Easy Rider, The Good The Bad and the Ugly, The Godfather, Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid, The Exorcist, Alices Restaurant, Dirty Dancing - were all here on Opening Week. All the Greats - Eastwood, Redford, Schwarzenegger, Paul Newman - They all graced this Grand Old Theatre. The old fashioned popcorn machine and real butter drifted all around and down the street. It was well worth the price of a ticket just for a seat and some popcorn - no matter the feature. There was a Grand Opera Balcony ...Going to the movies here would change you forever. You never forget...