As the old saying goes, the show must go on. And now that the Capitol Theatre has officially been purchased, it will. Robert Fury, a real estate investor who moved to Unicoi last May, bought the historic Erwin theater for $100,000 with plans to renovate it into a live music venue. Fury, Rhonda Williamson and Justin Valentine will serve as the venueâs management team. âWhat we want to do is turn it into the best live music in the whole area, and we think we can pull really big acts, like Nashville-quality acts, here,â Fury said. The Capitol Theatre opened in 1940, and served as a family-owned movie theater until the roof was damaged by heavy snowfall in December 2018. The cost of repairs to the roof were too high for the previous owner to repair, and so the theater closed its doors for good.