Count Basie Center Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre
99 Monmouth Street,
Red Bank,
NJ
07701
99 Monmouth Street,
Red Bank,
NJ
07701
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The 1,783-seat Carlton Theatre opened November 11, 1926, featuring both movies and vaudeville. It was a Walter Reade theatre. After a successful multi-decade run, the theatre closed in 1970.
Three years later, it was purchased by the Monmouth County Arts Council and renamed the Monmouth Arts Center. It was later renamed once again, as the Count Basie Theatre, after the famed Red Bank native and now features live dramatic and musical performances.
The Count Basie Theatre was added to the National Register of Historic Places on December 24, 2009.
In September 2017 ground was broken to constuct a second auditorium adjacent to the theatre. The theatre has been renamed Count Basie Center for the Arts.
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It was renamed in 2018, but seems like it’s the name of the main auditorium, but the new name is also on the marquee as well now, in smaller lettering.
https://www.app.com/story/entertainment/2018/10/26/count-basie-center-main-stage-red-bank-gets-new-name/1778382002/
Appears that the incorrect title for this theatre is mistaken for the organizational complex. The “Hackensak” title is the correct name. Needs to be changed. Reference : https://thebasie.org/count-basie-center-for-the-arts-hackensack-meridian-health-unveil-the-hackensack-meridian-health-theatre/
The website says Count Basie Center for the Arts.
Sorry. The website indicates “Hackensack”
as the theatre. It is just right of the organization logo.
The marquee, which I drove by last week, also states “Hackensack”.
Who are you? The theater name police? This is getting tiresome
Typical immature response. Change to correct theatre name and your tiresome condition will vanish. By the way, I have 55 years in all phases of motion picture production, distribution and exhibition. Supervised Walter Reade film acquisitions and quality theatre operations and standardized 70mm project at St. James Asbury Park. You evidently are a John Q. Public with little or no theatrical history in design, architecture or cinematic presentation. Longing to yawn? Correct the name. Very simple.
The entire complex is called Count Basie Center for the Arts. The original main auditorium is referred to as Hackensack Medical Center Theatre. More people know it as Count Basie theater than HMCT.
markp. Does the theatre still have the two scope lenses I donated back in 1993? I still have the carrying case with serial numbers. when I can turn it over for you. As you know, the lenses are not Bausch & Lomb CinemScope. Next.time I go to archive storage, I’ll retrieve it and let you know when I can turn it over. There should also be a hardback black volume of SMPTE Motion Picture Projection. Best of the years and those to come Union guy.
Howard. If you edit this website, the name change is very good. It works the public familiarization, mentioned by markp, with the current theatre name. Bravo! Keep up the good work and much success.
Cinecommcentre there is still all the 35mm stuff there. I haven’t looked in that cabinet in 5 years which is the last time we ran 35mm. Im not sure about books. As I said I haven’t been into the cabinet in years. No need to now that the use the Digital projector exclusively.