It is a heritage site of Calcutta (Kolkata) that was destroyed in a fire and thereafter restored by the local municipal corporation.

The restored Star Theatre maintains the heritage facade; the interiors are contemporary.

At present, it is primarily a cinema hall; plays are staged on about two days per month.

However, during winter (December and January) plays are staged here much more frequently, of the order of ten days per month.

In 2012, the Star Theatre was to be returned to civic ownership, "to stop commercialization of the historic building that was once visited by Bengali luminaries such as Vidyasagar, Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Rabindranath Tagore.