In Popular Culture
The Waverly Theatre is referenced numerous times in the 1968 Broadway musical Hair (musical). It's in the song "Frank Mills" sung by the character Crissy at the end of Act One.
The Waverly was also known as the original home of the midnight audience-participation screenings of the movie version of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which ran there for many years, spawning similar showings in other cities.
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