Mary Conde, left, Another Planet Entertainment senior vice president, and Garrett Blanchard, who will run day-to-day operations at the Castro Theatre, discussed programming, including the Sam Smith residency, at the October 2 meeting of the Castro Merchants Association.

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Representatives of Another Planet Entertainment revealed more details about the newly renovated and restored Castro Theatre at the Castro Merchants Association meeting Thursday. Officials reiterated that genderqueer nonbinary pop star Sam Smith will be having a residency at the theater in February, coinciding with its reopening.

Garrett Blanchard, a gay man who is the manager of the theater, now branded simply as The Castro, said that APE is “hoping to have our first few months of programming emble

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