Just a few months after celebrating its 50th anniversary, Bridgeport’s Downtown Cabaret Theatre has announced that it will be shutting its doors following the June run of A Chorus Line.

The final performance will be Sunday, June 28.

The theatre first started in the cafeteria at Sacred Heart University before moving into its current building in the 1970s. At its peak, theatre officials say 60,000-80,000 people came through the doors each year, with many future Broadway performers and crew members getting their start there. “I love the stories like, ‘I used to bring my children, and now my children bring their children,’” said Hugh Hallinan, the theatre’s executive director. However, Hallinan and Chairman Bob Scinto say times change.

People have other options for entertainment, local banks that used to sponsor shows leave, and the city sold the building, which increased operating costs.

Staff numbers decreased, and Scinto says lately, “all we did was pay bills. We suffered. We were always paying last year’s bills with this year’s subscriptions,” leading to the decision to shut the doors.

Scinto says all scheduled shows will go on as planned, and the camps and workshops booked for the summer in the building will also still be held before trucks come to start cleaning things out at the end of August.