Ritz Theatre (Haddon Township, New Jersey)
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Ritz Theatre, October 2005
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| Location: | 915 White Horse Pike, Haddon Township, New Jersey |
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| Coordinates: | 39°54′1″N 75°4′33″W / 39.90028°N 75.07583°WCoordinates: 39°54′1″N 75°4′33″W / 39.90028°N 75.07583°W |
| Area: | less than one acre |
| Built: | 1927 |
| Architect: | Hodgens & Hill |
| Architectural style: | Colonial Revival |
| Governing body: | Private |
| NRHP Reference#: | 02001625[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | December 26, 2002 |
The Ritz Theatre is an active live producing theatre located in Haddon Township, New Jersey in the southern part of New Jersey. It is home to The Ritz Theatre Company (formerly Puttin' on the Ritz, Inc.) The company produces mainstage plays and musicals, children's theater, runs a summer theatre arts day camp and reaches out to its community with educational and entertaining programming.
Built in a Colonial Revival style, it was opened in 1927 as a vaudeville theatre and later became a movie cinema before devolving into an adult movie theater in the 1970s.
With the advent of VCRs, the theatre closed until 1985, when Puttin' on the Ritz, Inc. began leasing it as its venue for live theater.
The group purchased the 466-seat theater in 2001, making it the permanent home of the ensemble.
In 2002, the Ritz was added to the New Jersey and National Register of Historic Places.[1][2]
It is currently in the midst of renovation. To date, the roof has been replaced along with upgrading the electrical system and installing sprinklers. The lobby will be renovated with new carpeting and paint and work will begin on restoration of the front of the building and the classic marquee as well as the classical Greek interior murals.
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- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2009-03-13. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ NEW JERSEY - Camden County, National Register of Historic Places. Accessed February 25, 2008.
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