Broome County Forum Theatre

History

The Broome County Forum Theatre, 236 Washington Street, Binghamton, opened in 1919 as the Binghamton Theatre (architect Herbert Brewster), later operated as a movie house and as the Capri, and was given to Broome County in 1975. The county reopened it as the Forum on September 26, 1975. Wikipedia lists 1,522 seats with a pit and 1,553 without, a Robert Morton theater organ, and National Register listing in 2008. It is home to the Binghamton Philharmonic, Tri-Cities Opera, and Broadway in Binghamton. (Wikipedia; broomearenaforum.com; Press & Sun-Bulletin, Nov. 5, 2014.)