[1] The three-screen venue consists of the original 658-seat ‘vaudeville house’ and two newer additional theatres in the adjacent National Bank of Phoenixville building (c.1925).

Originating as a Beaux-Arts style renovation by architect, Harry Brownback in 1903, the Colonial Theatre was first home to traveling vaudeville acts, live stage shows and musicals.

[4] The plaque reads:"Through this wall in the year 1958 Shorty Yeaoworth's THE BLOB brought the monster into the movie theater and Phoniexville's COLONIALTHEATRE into the annals of film history.

[6] "Blobfest" is an annual 3-day event each summer, started in 2000, held in downtown Phoenixville that features multiple screenings of The Blob and other horror films.

[4] A major part of the festival is a live reenactment of the famous scene filmed at the Colonial, showing screaming movie patrons fleeing through the front doors of the theater.

[1] On April 4, 2016, a symbolic groundbreaking ceremony was held in front of the theatre, commencing an $8 million expansion and renovation project that served to connect The Colonial with its neighboring building, The National Bank of Phoenixville.

The expansion also offers dressing rooms for performers, a concession stand for special events, a catering kitchen, and a second floor garden suite with outside deck access.