In recent years, not so much, but that could soon change.

Phill Glenn's grandfather built the old theater and his parents owned and operated it. The old theater even served as Glenn's first home.

"My first job was a ticket taker," Glenn said. 

When the theater was first built, patrons could go see live performances. In the 1950's, Glenn's parents renovated the theater and turned it into a movie house. Aside from providing the city with entertainment, Glenn's mom provided moviegoers with a little discipline.

"My mother was very big on not letting people depart the theater before the credits had all run through," Glenn said. "It was one of the most embarrassing things that I had to do. She would station myself and my sister at these exits and we had flashlights. If anybody tried to leave, we'd shine them and say 'sit down.'"

The Glenns were not only disciplined in their management of the theater, but also progressive.

"Before the civil rights movement, my parents - they allowed black people to sit anywhere in the theater," Glenn said.

The current owners, the Callaway Arts Council, wants to return the theater to its original Vaudeville glory.

"There are many things that need to be redone," Callaway Arts Council President Tom Clapp said. "It needs to be rewired; it needs to be replumbed."

The goal is to give families something different to do together.

"I want to get people away from the television. I am so sick to death of people coming home, that's their recreation, sitting in front of the television watching reality TV instead of seeing reality," Clapp said.

Through the mid-1900's, the Old Fulton Theater was considered home by many and the Callaway Arts Council wants it to be that way again.

"My hope is to have three to four nights a week where there's some kind of performance going on in this theater," Clapp said.

And for the man for whom the theater really was home, he's glad someone cares enough to keep it around.

"The building is structurally sound, and to just let it go to waste, fall down and have to destroy it. It's a piece of heritage that would be lost forever. I hate to see it in this state of disrepair, but the future - the future is bright," Glenn said.

"There are reasons to come to Callaway County but we need some entertainment," Clapp said. "We certainly can provide that."

Clapp said the Callaway Arts Council will get some money from the dream initiative to renovate the theater, but they are always taking donations.