Balboa Village Theatre
707 E. Balboa Boulevard,
Newport Beach,
CA
92661
707 E. Balboa Boulevard,
Newport Beach,
CA
92661
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This theater was a revival theater in the late 70s and 80s, a cross between the New Bev and the NuArt. Saw a lot of cool doubles like A Clockwork Orange with The Road Warrior, Night of The Living Dead with Texas Chainsaw. First saw Citizen Kane here, Spike and Mike Animation Festivals. I trip out on how many art and underground films I saw when I was still in my early teens.
This theater was awesome… so many Rocky Horror memories, great audiences and performers, I remember a night back in 1987 where the band INXS attended a screening after shooting a video down at the arcade… amazing times… Pizza Pete’s and the old Balboa Theater, damn… the last film I saw here was AKIRA back in 1990… it’s a shame this theater isn’t better taken care of… RIP
Summer,1992 – The last showing of The Rocky Horror Picture Show is a night I won’t forget because I received a phone call at 3:00 AM from my son who went to the final performance with his friend. Anton parked his car on Balboa Island and took the Balboa Ferry across to Balboa Peninsula as a pedestrian. However, he forgot that the Ferry closed at 2:00 PM and now needed a ride from his mom:) A good time was had by all.
As I recall, Rocky Horror was my first film at the Balboa. I can also remember seeing Christopher Guest’s The Big Picture and Jim Jarmusch’s Mystery Train there during my college years. Usually ate at BJ’s Pizza across the street and always seemed to be raining. Good times.
“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
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!
I saw “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” here.
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??
Where can we see Rocky Horror Picture Show? I live in Downey,CA.
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.
The address is either 705 or 707 East Balboa Boulevard.
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
anyone know the address of this theater?