While the idea of a performance venue sounds good, the business district of Pitman will not survive with the loss of the movies. The Theatre has been turning a profit in direct competition with the other 1st-run movie theaters in the area, however, nobody seems to want to believe this. There is hard evidence that this is true. There are a number of businesses in the Pitman business district which have taken a hard hit with the closing of the Theatre. It has been proven time and time again that plays, etc DO NOT pull in the kind of revenue which will allow the Theatre to survive. According to some Pitman business owners, when the Theatre has a good showing of customers, so do they. The original function of the Broadway was as a moviehouse, and it has continued to function as such for almost 80 years. The Theatre needs to be saved, but so does the family that has been running it for the last 6 years. The same family that took a little 2nd-run Theatre and made it into a successful 1st-run Theatre. So, this Theatre needs to stay in the movie business despite what all these people who want to buy it say. Not one of them has any idea of how to operate and manage a venue like this. I give this idea of only performance 6 months to a year before it folds. And then what happens to the Broadway?
I don’t know if anyone has heard the bad news, but the Broadway Theatre has been shut down by The Bank, formerly The Bank of Gloucester County, last Wednesday. The owner had been fighting through a Chapter 11 banckruptcy, but last Tuesday, the judge overturned the chapter 11 to a chapter 7 giving The Bank control of the building. The owner and his family are currently fighting this decision.
For any information regarding the Theatre closing please call Joan at The Snooty Fox 856-589-2214. If you would like to help to save the Broadway Theatre, please read the following information:
The Greater Pitman Chamber of Commerce has established a “Save the Theatre Fund” at the Gloucester County Federal Savings Bank.
All donations (checks only please) should be made out to “Save the Theatre Fund” and mailed to
The Greater Pitman Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 45
Pitman, NJ 08071
Please be sure to include your address and phone number on the check. If we are unable to raise the money needed to reopen the Theatre, your donation will be returned to you.
There is also a PAY-PAL option available at the Pitman Chamber website:
While the idea of a performance venue sounds good, the business district of Pitman will not survive with the loss of the movies. The Theatre has been turning a profit in direct competition with the other 1st-run movie theaters in the area, however, nobody seems to want to believe this. There is hard evidence that this is true. There are a number of businesses in the Pitman business district which have taken a hard hit with the closing of the Theatre. It has been proven time and time again that plays, etc DO NOT pull in the kind of revenue which will allow the Theatre to survive. According to some Pitman business owners, when the Theatre has a good showing of customers, so do they. The original function of the Broadway was as a moviehouse, and it has continued to function as such for almost 80 years. The Theatre needs to be saved, but so does the family that has been running it for the last 6 years. The same family that took a little 2nd-run Theatre and made it into a successful 1st-run Theatre. So, this Theatre needs to stay in the movie business despite what all these people who want to buy it say. Not one of them has any idea of how to operate and manage a venue like this. I give this idea of only performance 6 months to a year before it folds. And then what happens to the Broadway?
I don’t know if anyone has heard the bad news, but the Broadway Theatre has been shut down by The Bank, formerly The Bank of Gloucester County, last Wednesday. The owner had been fighting through a Chapter 11 banckruptcy, but last Tuesday, the judge overturned the chapter 11 to a chapter 7 giving The Bank control of the building. The owner and his family are currently fighting this decision.
For any information regarding the Theatre closing please call Joan at The Snooty Fox 856-589-2214. If you would like to help to save the Broadway Theatre, please read the following information:
The Greater Pitman Chamber of Commerce has established a “Save the Theatre Fund” at the Gloucester County Federal Savings Bank.
All donations (checks only please) should be made out to “Save the Theatre Fund” and mailed to
The Greater Pitman Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 45
Pitman, NJ 08071
Please be sure to include your address and phone number on the check. If we are unable to raise the money needed to reopen the Theatre, your donation will be returned to you.
There is also a PAY-PAL option available at the Pitman Chamber website:
www.pitmanchamber.com
As always your thoughts and prayers are appreciated.