Resident issues $25,000 challenge grant to encourage new Warwick Theater

posted by CSWalczak on April 18, 2011 at 7:50 am

MARBLEHEAD, MA — When the original effort to restore the original 1919 Warwick Theatre proved unfeasible, a new drive was launched by the Warwick Theater Foundation to get a new twin cinema built as a part of a new structure to be located on the block where the theatre is located. That drive recently got a boost when an anonymous local resident committed $25,000 if an additional equal amount could be raised.

The plan for the new Warwick will include a 1,500 square-foot lobby that would seat up to 50 people for three meals a day, plus cocktails in the evening until 11 p.m.

“We think we’ve developed some very innovative uses for the lobby. Most small local movie houses open around 5 or 6 (p.m.), sometimes for only four or five days a week. We believe that by serving three meals a day, having a varied menu of fresh healthy foods and beverages in addition to showing all kinds of free HD-quality digital programs on the many screens in the room, we can offer something you won’t find anywhere else,” McCloskey said.

The story is in the Marblehead Patch.

Theaters in this post

• Warwick Cinemas