Memorable Playhouse Cinemas still a solid local go-to

Local entrepreneurs Daniel Yates and Lynn Patterson have owned Playhouse Cinemas Theatre in Alexander City since 2001. Originally built in 1978, PC boasts three theater rooms and can seat a maximum crowd of 500 moviegoers. 

Being dropped off at Playhouse Cinemas on your own for the first time is a rite of passage for a kid from Alexander City. I bet if you took a poll, more than half the locals might admit that they got their first kisses in the back row. I personally remember a lot of sweaty palms back in the late ’90s. Let’s just say I was not there to watch The Matrix. If it wasn’t PC’s back row, it was the back row of the Strand Theatre, which was downtown and ran by Daniel Yates’ grandparents, along with the old drive-in theater.