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Home » Theater Guide » Location » United States » California » Newport Beach » Balboa Performing Arts Theatre
Also known as Ritz Theater, Balboa Theater

Balboa Performing Arts Theatre

Newport Beach, CA
705 E. Balboa Boulevard
, Newport Beach, CA 92661 United States
(map)
949.673.0895
Status: Closed/Renovating
Screens: Single Screen
Style: Spanish Colonial
Function: Movies, Performing Arts
Seats: 350
Chain: Independent
Architect: Unknown
Firm: Unknown
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The Balboa Theatre is undergoing a $2.5 million dollar restoration project, led by community activist and President of the Balboa Performing Arts Theater Foundation, Dayna Pettit. The project will turn the 1928 movie palace into a cinema and performing arts center that will be capable of hosting live events and films for 350 people.

Closed as a movie theatre in 1992, after years of lobbying the city for support, the city of Newport Beach purchased the building in 1998, and with construction underway, a proposal was made to re-open the theatre in 2008.

Plans may call for a return of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" which had been a controversial staple of the beach community's cinema.

Related Websites

Balboa Performing Arts Theatre (Official)
Contributed by Ross Melnick

YOUR COMMENTS

 
anyone know the address of this theater?
posted by cyclonebob on Feb 2, 2003 at 5:28pm
Hi Bob, just in case no one ever answered... it is in the 700 block on the ocean side of W. Balboa Blvd. in Newport Beach on the Balboa Peninsula. I have a photo of it from the 1920's but none of a recent vintage at all!
Barry
posted by Barry Kazmer on Jan 12, 2004 at 3:50pm
The address is either 705 or 707 East Balboa Boulevard.
posted by MagicLantern on Sep 17, 2004 at 1:22am
The official website for the Balboa Performing Arts Theatre Foundation is
http://www.balboaperformingartstheaterfoundation.org/index.htm
The correct address is 707 E. Balboa Blvd.. The website gives a history fo the Balboa Theatre.
posted by Chuck1231 on Sep 17, 2004 at 9:51am
I saw a midnight showing of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" here back in 1991. It was weird in that the regulars didn't dress up as characters from the film but in costumes that had more of a retro-Edwardian look to them. Guess that was the style at the time. This theater was notorious for getting one film and letting it play for weeks on end - "Hear My Song" was there FOREVER. Closed in 1992 after years of low attendance. Glad to hear it is coming back.
posted by micohen on Dec 1, 2004 at 6:33am
Where can we see Rocky Horror Picture Show? I live in Downey,CA.

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posted by cbp on Mar 15, 2005 at 9:20am
You can see RHPS at The Art Theatre in Long Beach. I was the Assistant Manager at the time of the closing of the Balboa. The last night of Rocky Horror we had lines all they way to the Balboa pier. After the Balboa closed I worked at The Port in Corona Del mar which is also set for major renovation. I'm hoping both or either will make a deal with Landmark Theatre Corp. who ran the theatres at the time of closing for film booking. I hope I will be involved in running of the Balboa when it re-opens. Where do I apply??
posted by Runamok on May 18, 2005 at 2:42pm
I saw "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" here.
posted by sexbeatle on Apr 18, 2007 at 12:14am
OMG, my friends and I saw Rocky Horror here many, many, many times throughout the 1980s....people definitely dressed in character and got into it then, with stageshows, virgin auctions and all. The theatre was pretty run-down, but beautiful underneath the years of wear- can't wait to see it renovated!
posted by monstersmom89 on May 21, 2007 at 1:25pm
"Midnight Insanity" who is the cast that performed at the Balboa before it closed is currently at the Warner Grand in San Pedro. For more information please go to www.midnightinsanity.com
posted by MI Elfboy on Jun 17, 2008 at 5:17pm
According to this website, the Balboa was built in 1928 and opened as the Ritz Theater. The name was changed to the Balboa Theater in 1939.

posted by Lost Memory on Aug 3, 2008 at 10:10am
1983 photo of the Balboa Theatre.
http://americanclassicimages.com/Default.aspx?tabid=141&txtSearch=CATAdvancedSearch1%2c5%2c3%2c-1&catpageindex=2&catpagesize=25&ProductID=23548
posted by Chuck1231 on May 15, 2009 at 11:13pm
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