The Rivoli Theatre in South Fallsburg, New York, United States is located at the intersection of NY 42 and Laurel Avenue.

It was a major local source of entertainment, both live and filmed, in the area during the peak years of the Jewish summer resorts in that region of the Catskills.

Using a Christie 35-mm projector and platter system, the Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, Inc. (owners of the Rivoli Theatre) continued the film tradition.

The theater building consists of two separate sections: a six-by-three-bay front with the foyer and lobby, and a one-story, seven-bay auditorium.

Many of the newcomers had come to a local resort during the summertime and decided to stay year-round and open or operate an existing one themselves, catering to their co-religionists.

By the early 1920s the hamlet was overwhelmingly Jewish, with the local synagogue expanding drastically and meeting every week to admit new members.

[2] Israel Kaplan and his son Arch opened the Rivoli to provide entertainment for summer vacationers in 1923.

Its prosperity continued throughout the Catskill resort era, where the live-entertainment Borscht Belt nurtured many future stars.

Using a Christie 35-mm projector and platter system, the Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop, Inc. (owners of the Rivoli Theatre) continued the tradition of film.

From a grant application shortly after the Sullivan County Dramatic Workshop's purchase of the theatre: The original building on the Rivoli site was built in 1910.

Although its design has been attributed to Israel Kaplan and his son Arch, recent research suggests that Emil Motl, who was responsible for the 1937 remodel, was also the architect of the original building.

An expansion and remodel was done in 1937, The 1923 marquee was a simple iron canopy with decorative metal cresting and opaque glass tiles.