As I stated before, I did go to Newark. This theater is still there and is now a church. I did not get inside, but I did take photos of the exterior which are at http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=31433 .
Word of advice: don’t build a single screen. You can’t make it in the business with a single screen nowadays. That is why all modern cinemas are multiplexes. If you are building new I’d think you’d want a minimum of five screens. If you have your heart set on a single screen it would be better to find one that already exists and fix it up.
This may be demolished. There’s some sort of hall (Elks or something like that) at 188. I’m not sure if that was the theatre, or if the theatre was the building next door which is now demolished.
I was just in Newark yesterday to photographs cinemas. The building at 800 Broad St. looks much newer, not like a repurposed theatre. I think this one may have been demolished with a new structure built in its place.
The latest news (from two months ago) is that instead of renovating this into a three screen complex by adding two more screens in other parts of the building it will be kept a one screen theatre with only the original auditorium due to financial reasons.
Hi gencin, I just saw your comment today. I’d love to see those photos if you have them and post them on the CinemaTour website if you granted permission. Please click on my name to find my email address and let me know.
Use maps.live.com and do the birdseye view. It seems the theatre is still there! Look at the building in red. It seems like a small lobby building with along tunnel leading to an auditorium. I’ll be there next week to take photos and see for sure, but this pretty positively looks like a theatre.
No other theater chain will buy any former Showcase Cinemas because Showcase will not sell the properties to anyone who would operate them as a cinema.
It is owned by National Amusements. As with all their other closed theatres (East Hartford, East Windsor, Orange, etc.) they will not sell it to anyone who wants to operate a cinema.
As I stated before, I did go to Newark. This theater is still there and is now a church. I did not get inside, but I did take photos of the exterior which are at http://www.cinematour.com/tour.php?db=us&id=31433 .
Word of advice: don’t build a single screen. You can’t make it in the business with a single screen nowadays. That is why all modern cinemas are multiplexes. If you are building new I’d think you’d want a minimum of five screens. If you have your heart set on a single screen it would be better to find one that already exists and fix it up.
I was just in Newark yesterday to photographs cinemas. This theatre is demolished.
I was just in Newark yesterday to photographs cinemas. This theatre is demolished.
Was this the same as the Strand Theatre? The Strand (404 S Orange Ave) is on the corner of S Orange and 12th.
I was just in Newark yesterday to photographs cinemas. This theatre is demolished.
I was just in Newark yesterday to photographs cinemas. This theatre is demolished.
This may be demolished. There’s some sort of hall (Elks or something like that) at 188. I’m not sure if that was the theatre, or if the theatre was the building next door which is now demolished.
I was just in Newark yesterday to photographs cinemas. The building at 800 Broad St. looks much newer, not like a repurposed theatre. I think this one may have been demolished with a new structure built in its place.
I was just in Newark yesterday to photographs cinemas. This theatre is demolished.
This theatre was mentioned in the July 3, 1937 issue of Box Office magazine as running an occasional Hungarian film at that time.
The latest news (from two months ago) is that instead of renovating this into a three screen complex by adding two more screens in other parts of the building it will be kept a one screen theatre with only the original auditorium due to financial reasons.
That website does not work.
Hi gencin, I just saw your comment today. I’d love to see those photos if you have them and post them on the CinemaTour website if you granted permission. Please click on my name to find my email address and let me know.
Use maps.live.com and do the birdseye view. It seems the theatre is still there! Look at the building in red. It seems like a small lobby building with along tunnel leading to an auditorium. I’ll be there next week to take photos and see for sure, but this pretty positively looks like a theatre.
Correct address was 182 Belmont Avenue. Belmont Avenue is now Irvine Turner Blvd.
It was on Torringford St. I did not see any remnants of the drive-in when I visited the site.
This theater closed in 2006.
This theater is closing at the end of the month View link
The old Sawdust Theatre that burnmed was formerly the Roxy. This is a new building that was never a movie theatre.
Actually this theater opened in 2005.
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No other theater chain will buy any former Showcase Cinemas because Showcase will not sell the properties to anyone who would operate them as a cinema.
It is owned by National Amusements. As with all their other closed theatres (East Hartford, East Windsor, Orange, etc.) they will not sell it to anyone who wants to operate a cinema.
Paul, do you know if the building still stands or if it is demolished?
This is already listed as /theaters/16961/ – not sure why it was listed again, but this listing should be deleted.