Township Theatre
249 Pascack Road,
Washington Township,
NJ
07675
249 Pascack Road,
Washington Township,
NJ
07675
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Township Theatre (Official)
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Previously operated by: Bow-Tie Cinemas, Clearview Cinemas
Functions: Movies (First Run)
Previous Names: Washington Cinema, Washington Township Cinemas
Phone Numbers:
Box Office:
201.497.3500
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The Washington Cinema was opened on September 2, 1966 with Cary Grant in “Walk, Don’t Run”. It was an anchor of the Washington Town Center shopping plaza. Divided into three screens on December 5, 1986, Clearview Cinemas remodeled the theatre in the 2000’s and added new seats. In June 2013, Bow-Tie Cinemas took over, when they took most Clearview locations. It was closed in September 2016. A new operator to took over and it reopened November 3, 2016. Another victim of the coronavirus pandemic, the theater permanently closed in March, 2020 and was reportedly being converted into a self-storage facility.
However in April 2021 it was announced that the owners of the Ramsey Theatre had taken the Washington Township Cinemas over and it was reopened on April 9, 2021 as the Township Theatre.
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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.
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.
the website is wtcinemas.com. Theater will reopen on November 3rd.
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.
This theater showed mostly Universal movies akin to what Cinema 35 showed during the 1980s.
This opened on September 2nd, 1966. Grand opening ad in the photo section
@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!
So apparently the theater will remain a theatre after all. The former operators of the Ramsey theatre have signed on as the new operators.
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
Please update, total seats 454 Theatre 1 120, Theatre 2 225 and Theatre 3 109