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See “Rock ‘N’ Roll Hotel to Benefit the Byrd Theatre!

August 30 · 8:00pm - 11:00pm
Location: The Byrd Theatre
2908 West Cary Street

It’s the Best Worst Movie you’ve never seen!

Style Weekly’s Richmond Premiere of “Rock ’N’ Roll Hotel”

Fundraiser to Benefit the Byrd Theatre

Shortly after the filming of the classic “My Dinner With Andre” at the Jefferson Hotel, another Hollywood crew took over the closed landmark in 1982 to make a very different movie.

What happened next became the stuff of urban legend. And until now — 28 years later — only a handful of people have seen the results of an exuberant yet turbulent production: a music-filled, campy film called “Rock ’N’ Roll Hotel.” The movie, a sort of low-budget, ’80s-style cross between “Rocky Horror Picture Show” and “Grease,” features Judd Nelson in his big-screen debut, and stars Rachel Sweet, Colin Quinn and a host of Richmond extras and crew members.

Style contributor Dale Brumfield spent months researching the story of the film’s production, to be published as a cover story in Style Weekly on Aug. 18. During this process a co-producer unearthed a VHS copy of “Rock ’N’ Roll Hotel,” buried deep in the closet of an architectural firm in Culver City, Calif.

Style has partnered with Studio Center Total Production to help enhance movie quality, and producer Richard Sweet has graciously allowed Style to premiere the film in a special one-time showing to benefit the Byrd Theatre (through the Byrd Theatre Foundation) on Monday, Aug. 30, at 8 p.m.

A grass-roots volunteer force, led by Robey Martin, Chad Brown and Brandon Laroussini of the Byrd Theatre (on Twitter @thebyrdrva), is selling tickets to the Richmond premiere. A special VIP package includes a 6:30 p.m. pre-reception at the Jefferson with the movie’s original screenwriter, along with other perks.

TICKETS: Donation $10 in advance, $15 at the door.
VIP PACKAGE: Donation $40 in advance, $45 at the door.
BUY TICKETS HERE: styleweekly.com/thebyrd

The Jefferson Hotel and To the Bottom and Back Bus are serving as co-sponsors. Find this event on Facebook, too!