Forum Theatre Arts Center
314 Main Street,
Metuchen,
NJ
08840
314 Main Street,
Metuchen,
NJ
08840
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The Forum Theatre opened as a combined movie and vaudeville theater in 1928. This small town movie house was revitalized as a performing arts center in the early-1990’s, but it was closed in August 2007.
After a restoration and renovation project, the Forum Theatre Arts Center reopened in the fall of 2009 as a movie theatre showing Foreign, Classics and Independent films, all projected on 35mm prints. A capital campaign was set up to make the reopened theatre one of the premiere theatres in the state of New Jersey. It also presents children’s films, concerts and live theatre programming.
The initial plan will be to open a cafe in the balcony seating area with tables and chairs, so patrons can relax with a bottle of wine while enjoying a movie. The theatre is also available for screenings.
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Erwin Markisch, Peter Loewy
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The Forum has begun to play relatively current movies. If I remember, they played “The Hurt Locker” a few weeks back. Here’s the theater’s Web site: http://www.forumtheatrearts.com/index.html
2009 photo of the Forum Theatre.
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Anyone interested in a long term lease or purchase (depending on the offer should contact me at
Photos on the website www.forumtheatrearts.org You can also leave a message at 732.548.5600
Went to see eat pray love last night. forgot my camera – I wanted to take some interior shots. can’t find any online. nice gold fabric walls, good lobby and concession stand. overall a nice place. hope they make it.
Thanks for the compliment. If you go to www.forumtheatrearts.org and click on rentals at top of page there are interior shots
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An article in todays Star Ledger talks about this theatre and shows a picture of a 23 year old with the projector. They have 6000 foot reels and looks like a newer model simplex and xenon. I guess the old E-7 and Peerless have been put to rest. Also, the kid is holdind his cell phone while threading the projector. Its no wonder I’m out of a job after 36 years.
Here is a link to the online version of the Star-Ledger story.
THEATER FOR LEASE $12,000 PER MONTHS/ DAYS MUST BE NUMBERED.
Thats an expensive lease. Such a shame. I, along with my father worked as projectionists here in the late 70’s/early80’s.
That means they don’t want a theater .