Misprint in today’s Courier Post

The article in today’s edition of the Courier Post is incorrect. The meeting for the Westmont theatre is TONIGHT, not tomorrow.

Please forward that information to anyone you feel would read that article and not attend thinking the day was changed to Tuesday.

 

Allen Hauss article in today’s Courier Post

In response to the “Township must weigh theatre plans carefully” [printed in the Courier Post on May 21st ], movie theatre historian Allen Hauss wrote an editorial on saving the ‘last vaudeville era theatre still standing in Camden County’ and sent it into the paper.

It has been posted in today’s edition of the Courier Post in the editorial section, complete with a fenced off picture of the Westmont Theatre.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE STORY

Courier Post: ‘Theater’s in need of final script’

On the front page of the today’s edition of the Courier Post is an article, a rather lengthy one, about the three proposals on the Westmont Theatre.

The article is similar to the one posted by the Retrospect a few weeks ago but goes into slightly greater detail on each proposal and even has some direct quotes from members of each development firm, such as Paul Warshauer from the Retzler Development Company, Philip Herman from the Herman Group and Arthur Corsini from Fieldstone Associates.

The best part of the article is what Mayor Teague said at the end, “NO DECISIONS WILL BE MADE UNTIL THE TOWNSHIP SCHEDULES PUBLIC MEETINGS TO DISCUSS ALL THREE PROPOSALS.” The Mayor goes on to say that he hopes to hold those meeting in the next month or so

To read the full story click HERE

Below is a an artist rendering from one of the development companies (we’re not sure which one though).

 

 

 

Outcome of RFP Process

The outcome of the RFP process is in this morning’s online version of The Retrospect.

We think there is DEFINITELY a solution for our theatre within one of the three proposed projects :0)

TO VIEW THE FULL STORY ON WHAT ALL 3 DEVELOPERS ARE PROPOSING,  CLICK HERE 

And please feel free to send us emails with your thoughts on the proposals and we’ll post them on the site.

-Westmont Mgmt

Posting by Film Theatre Historian, Allen Hauss

As Posted by Iver Peterson in the NY TImes

In Jersey, Old Theaters Get New Role

LEAD: Victoria Holt Hardy describes the interior of the old Rivoli Theater here as a ruin, and it is. Yet these are exciting times for both theater restorers and regional theater in New Jersey, and she is not letting a little missing plaster, or even a lot of missing seats, stand in her way., Special to the New York

Victoria Holt Hardy describes the interior of the old Rivoli Theater here as a ruin, and it is. Yet these are exciting times for both theater restorers and regional theater in New Jersey, and she is not letting a little missing plaster, or even a lot of missing seats, stand in her way., Special to the New York Times

So the Rivoli gets by with bleachers and make-do stages while Ms. Hardy, director of the William Carlos Williams Center for the Arts, hunts for money to finish restoring it.

In Lakewood, the management of the Ocean County Center for the Arts has repainted one section of the old Strand Theater’s ornate plasterwork, just to give a taste of what, given the money, the finished hall could look like.

In Englewood, the John Harms Center for the Arts warns summer theater players that the air-conditioning equipment in the old Plaza Theater was new in 1949. Rescued From Demolition

These are a few of almost a dozen old movie palaces and vaudeville halls, most of them masterpieces of baroque, gilded opulence, that have been rescued from neglect and demolition by New Jersey arts lovers in the last few years.

They have been turned into the centerpieces of nonprofit arts centers, often backed by city and county governments, that produce their own shows, bring in touring companies, offer space for amateur groups and rent the stage for everything from high school graduations to rock concerts.

Just imagine if the same wonderful revitalization happens to the Westmont Theatre!

For the full story click here