UPDATE: According to a spokesman for Landmark Theatres, repairs are underway and the Esquire Theatre is on track to reopen in the early spring. Read the original story below.
Denver’s Esquire Theatre is closed for the foreseeable future following a utility outage, a spokesman for owner Landmark Theatres said this week.
Landmark, which also runs the metro area’s Mayan, Chez Artiste and Greenwood Village theaters, operates 52 locations in 27 markets nationally — most with indie, art-house and foreign language programming.
“We’ve had a utility problem including a bit of water damage,” wrote senior regional publicist HughWronski in an email. “We hope to re-open soon.”
Wronski did not include any other details about the closure, but the Esquire’s website featured a note that apologized for the inconvenience and warned that online ticketing is temporarily unavailable.
The Esquire, which Landmark has operated since 1980, sits on a busy stretch of East 6th Avenue in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. It was currently only showing one film: the historical-drama “Mary Queens of Scots,” which stars Saoirse RonanandMargot Robbie. The screening has been moved to the historic Mayan Theatre on South Broadway, according to the Esquire’s website.
Built in 1927, the two-screen Esquire opened in the fall of that year as the Hiawatha Theatre, with one screen and a balcony (eventually becoming a “twin-screener”).
