Township Theatre
249 Pascack Road,
Washington Township,
NJ
07675
249 Pascack Road,
Washington Township,
NJ
07675
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Please update, total seats 454 Theatre 1 120, Theatre 2 225 and Theatre 3 109
Please update now OPEN, new name Township Theatre and the website is www.townshiptheatre.com
Theatre reopen April 9, 2021 and became a triplex on December 5, 1986. Grand Opening ad in photos
So apparently the theater will remain a theatre after all. The former operators of the Ramsey theatre have signed on as the new operators.
@rivest266 Thanks so much for posting that! What a great find. I’m one of the managers at Washington Township Cinemas and I’ve been trying to find some old photos of the theatre. This is great!
This opened on September 2nd, 1966. Grand opening ad in the photo section
This theater showed mostly Universal movies akin to what Cinema 35 showed during the 1980s.
There’s really nothing to see of the venue that Google StreetView doesn’t already show. It really is just a tiny storefront entrance with a blue sign that reads “Cinema”. That’s in part because until two years or so ago the township mandated that all stores in the shopping plaza that the cinema is at one end of have signs of the identical blue font and size.
More importantly the passive-aggressive tone is obnoxious.
the website is wtcinemas.com. Theater will reopen on November 3rd.
A theater can not install recliners and keep the prices the same. It cuts the seating by at least 50% or more and to keep the profits up the ticket prices have to be increased. I for one hope the recliner is a passing phase in movie theaters.
That name sounds familiar, he used to run a lot of older movie theaters in NJ that were closed down…I hope they put in recliners and keep prices where they are.
I’ve heard that the new operator is David Vivian, operator of the Darian Playhouse in Ct. , and the West Hampton Arts Twin
Maybe a building permit has been filed by the new operators for renovation work. Or possibly the shopping center owners or management company, or local media may have some info. Wonder why Bow Tie did not renew their lease???
Sudden developments here. The sign out front says its under new management and temporarily closed, while the theatre Is no longer listed on the Bow Tie website. No news I can see about it anywhere.
digital projection was installed recently at this theater.
By that you mean the Rialto, not the AMC Loews, in RP and the Cedar Lane cinemas in Teaneck. This theater was acquired by Clearview the same day as the Allwood as well as other theaters on 6/26/1996. Too bad Clearview didn’t do a good job of renovating the Allwood the same way they did with this theater.
Fred, yes I’ve been noticing the smaller art house films have been showing at Tenafly instead of here. Too bad, since Tenafly used to be nice before it was chopped up. I really hate the way it is now, and just won’t go there unless they show something really worth while. I would rather patronize Ridgefield Park or Teaneck first.
I’m a little disappointed with the selection of films here lately. If I wanted to see Pirates I’d go to AMC GSP 16 fer cryin out loud.
Sometimes when a big movie opens at this theater, they show it on two of the three screens and save one for an indie flick; a good example of it was when the theater showed all 3 Pirates films this way. After the closing of the nearby Emerson, the Washington Township cinema is the only Clearview Cinema in the Pascack/Westwood/Washington area that commands a high price that is still a bit cheaper than the mammoth Garden State 16, which is owned by AMC and rarely shows and keeps art house films like the Clearview in Washington Township.
Quick update – I recently went to a showing of “You Kill Me” here, and the 3 theatres are just about the same as before, except for new seats in all 3. They are more plush, with padded armrests, but sitting there looking up at the screen feels like you are sitting in a pit. The boxoffice/candy stand is now one long counter. The second pair of inner doors have been removed and the ticket takers post put in it’s place. The ticket prices are still on the high side; $6.50 for a matinee, $9.75 for evening prime time shows. I guess it would be worth it to see something not playing anywhere else here.
I agree with you. When I went to this theater more than a decade ago, it showed mostly popular movies. Nowadays, it’s an art house theater. That theater, as well as the Clearview in Ridgewood, will show mostly artsy stuff instead of the blockbuster fluff that the new theater will offer when it opens this weekend.
The new AMC 16 Plex in Paramus at the Garden State Plaza might effect this theater. They should just show art-house, indie films and be done with it.
that’s good news…that theater’s pretty old.
Quick update – the theatre will be open this Friday in time for Pirates of the Carribean. Looks like the theatre is having a minor renovation with a new boxoffice/candy stand, and some ceiling tiles being replaced. Nothing drastic.
No idea. Any clue as to what’s being done to it?
currently this theatre is closed for renovations..when will it reopen?