Newington Theatre
40 Cedar Street,
Newington,
CT
06111
40 Cedar Street,
Newington,
CT
06111
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The New Newington Theatre was originally a single screen moviehouse which opened in August 14, 1941 with Robert Taylor in “Billy the Kid” & Kay Francis in “Playgirl”. There were 690 seats, all on a single floor. It remained a single screen until 1993 when the main auditorium was cut in half creating two long, thin, tunnel-like screening rooms.
It closed down in 1999 and was slated for demolition to make room for a CVS drugstore. However, the CVS was built down the street and the Newington Theatre sat abandoned, awaiting its curtain call until June 2002 when demolition finally began.
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Roger Katz
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does anyone have any old pictures of this theater. I live across the street from the brooks where the theater used to be.
Hi there neighbor! Well, you can look up old Newington Theater pictures on Cinema Tour.
Thanks, I checked them out and they are pretty cool. Also I was on ebay and found an old program from 1941 from that theatre. Check it out, its ebay item # 7616531246
I used to go to this theater when I was a kid, with my grandmother who lived in New Britain. I remember seeing “Hello Dolly” there, and then “The Love Machine”,when I was a teenager.
I lived in the area around 1993-96, and I went there a few times when it was a bargain theatre. I saw “The Shadow” with Alec Baldwin and the Clint Eastwood movie where he played a secret service agent.
Nice little theatre, sorry that it is gone.
I hated when they split this theater in half, it’s the only 1 screen old kind of theater I went to as a child, then when they split it in half and I went back I was wondering why they did it.
Write up in BOxoffice April 1993 about it becoming a twin theatre.
My photos of it are at http://www.cinematour.com/tour/us/473.html from the day demolition began.
The June 30, 1941, issue of The Film Daily said that the New Newington Theatre would be ready to open in early August. The original owner was named Fred Quatrano. The name New Newington was in use for this house at least as late as 1945, but I haven’t found any references to an earlier Newington Theatre.
I use to go to this theatre when it was just one screen. Later they converted it to two screens and only charged 99 cents to a see a movie.
Added opening ad and article.