Apollo Theatre — Attraction in Oberlin

Great community, great history, great place, & great price for a movie night out.....

The Apollo Theatre graciously shares a rich history with audiences from the moment you approach it on the street and enter through the doors & lobby. Oberlin College operates and maintains the Apollo Theatre. Founded as the Oberlin Collegiate Institute in 1833 by John Jay Shipherd and Philo Stewart, it is one of the oldest coeducational liberal arts college in the United States and continuously operating coeducational institute of higher learning in the world. Oberlin College was a leader in admitting black men in 1835 and women in 1837. Oberlin, Ohio was founded in approximately 1833 by two (2) religious leaders from neighboring Elyria. The city is named after JF Oberlin (1740–1826), who was known for his well-rounded approach to living life through smarter agriculture, cooperative community development, building a better/stronger economy, as well as his preaching the importance of human spirituality and interconnection. Oberlin is renowned as being a key Underground Railroad location with many historically preserved homes in the area. Please take a moment to read about the Apollo Theatre’s legacy on site or online.

Parking is free. We usually park out front on the street or across the street in parking spots. We went to see the Avengers: Infinity War. The small cinema is great and rarely crowded. The staff is friendly and keeps the cinema clean. The audience is polite and filled with all age demographics, couples, families, and friends taking in a movie and enjoying the vibe.

You can purchase tickets at the concession stand, which is convenient. Prices are very reasonable, and service is amicable. Ticket are $4 per person (any age). Candy, popcorn, & soda pops are standard rates.

Overall, the movie experience at the Apollo Theatre is nearly perfect. Our only issues were the distracting white blinking lights along the corners of the walls & ceiling (possibly more noticeable the further back you sit by row), and the fact that the popcorn has no flavor, barely any salt (if any) and butter upon request only that must be dripped on by a baster with each drop counted. However, the net positives outweigh these minor issues, and we will happily return with our own butter flavored popcorn salt. Next visit, we want to try the delicious...

this is mostly based at when i saw that pets movie here. the staff was fine only saw em for a minute the people that sat behind us were straight up morons of course this movie is by the same people who made minions so t here was a short and these people (bout 8 or 9? almost entire row) were laughing at every little 'funny' monent all loud and rude. I think minions are satanaic but i didnt laugh once at this short. also when the movie was on these weirdos kept lauging like hyenas even the little boy in front of us who was like 9 turned around and looked at them like 'shut up please for one minute im trying to watch this' then again someone acutally yelled to their baby 'shut the f* up' how rude.. I lost intrest in the movie 20 mins in as it wasnt a very good movie and i almost wanted to go get a refund if it was possible but i stayed and watched it then i told my ride how awful watching this was oh well

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Absolute worst experience I have ever had. Rude teens in the theater talking loudly, singing loudly, answering phone calls, watching Snapchat videos, throwing and slamming items into the back wall...went to report it and absolutely nothing was done. Probably knew the staff, at least that’s the impression I got when I brought up the issue with them. Will never come back to this theater until it’s under new management. Will also be contacting Cleveland Cinemas about this since half of the reviews are about this same issue. I would highly recommend clearing house, coming from someone who worked in a theater and has experience in how this SHOULD HAVE...