Levoy Theatre

126-130 N. High Street,
Millville, NJ 8332

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The Levoy Theatre Preservation Society (Official)

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Previously operated by: Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.

Architects: William Wrifford

Functions: Live Theater

Styles: Neo-Classical

Phone Numbers: Box Office: 856.327.9870
Manager: 856.327.9870

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Levoy Theatre

The Levoy Theatre is Millville, New Jersey’s historic vaudeville theater and was originally built in 1908.

At its peak, the Neo-Classical styled Levoy Theatre seated over 2,000 patrons, making it one of the largest auditoriums in New Jersey. During the 1940’s the Levoy Theatre was operated by Warner Bros. Circuit Management. The Levoy Theatre closed in December 1974 and fell into disrepair.

It was purchased by the Levoy Theatre Preservation Society in 1998. The society, a non-profit group, is dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and operation of the Levoy Theatre as a community performing arts center and museum. Sadly, during renovation work on January 3, 2011, the building collapsed, and was partially destroyed.

Renovations were carried out and it reopened in August 2012.

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Recent comments (view all 29 comments)

kencmcintyre
kencmcintyre on March 5, 2011 at 7:24 pm

In this photo a 1958 Edsel is parked in front of the theater:
http://tinyurl.com/467taee

JimmiB
JimmiB on March 10, 2011 at 6:05 pm

Here is a photo taken in 2009 by Seth Gaines.

Mikeoaklandpark
Mikeoaklandpark on March 10, 2011 at 6:21 pm

Great looking theater. Did they loose the marquee in the collapse?

TLSLOEWS
TLSLOEWS on March 10, 2011 at 6:54 pm

Thanks for you photo ken mc

airgrabber
airgrabber on March 23, 2011 at 4:29 pm

The marquee had been removed during construction. Not sure where is was stored or if it sustained any damage, though.

airgrabber
airgrabber on May 27, 2011 at 5:26 pm

Rebuilding has begun, news story here: View link

I asked the Levoy Preservation Society if the theater’s facade was going to be rebuilt like the original. Here is their answer: “yes Scott, the facade will look like the original 1920’s version. The Levoy had multiple face lifts over the course of the last century, and early on the design team and the board of directors chose to reconstruct the facade in the exact likeness of the one from a 1927 photo we have.”

airgrabber
airgrabber on July 7, 2011 at 9:16 pm

Ogren Construction, the firm responsible for the Levoy Theater construction/restoration project has been cited by OSHA for “not properly supporting the structure and digging too low.” Story here: http://www.nj.com/cumberland/index.ssf/2011/07/ogren_construction_cited_by_os.html

Crazy Bob Madara
Crazy Bob Madara on July 16, 2011 at 5:50 pm

I was a volunteer with Joe Pierce, back in 1998. I thought that we were going to restore the theatre. But when the city & state kicked in millions of dollars in grants, ..you guessed it the lawyers & politicians, who knew nothing about running a theatre, took over, & demolished the place!

jenyman
jenyman on June 29, 2012 at 12:21 am

The correct link to the theater is www.levoy.net. Lots of construction photos, as well as the theater’s history story is on the site.

The new marquee and facade restores the look of the LeVoy of 1925.

The Levoy also has a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/LevoyMillville

The rebuilt theater reopens August 3 with The Music Man on stage. A full schedule of live entertainment follows. On Sept. 9, 2 silent short films are shown with live accompanyment by The Peacherine Orchestra.

RickB
RickB on September 30, 2013 at 10:41 pm

First year of operation seen as a success. Philly.com story here.

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