Princeton_Garden_Theatre
Princeton Garden Theatre
Movie theater in Princeton, New Jersey
The Princeton Garden Theatre is a historic movie theater on Nassau Street in Princeton, New Jersey. Owned by Princeton University, it is operated by Renew Theaters, a non-profit which manages golden-age movie theaters. The theater shows first run movies of high artistic quality as well as classic and foreign language films, and Saturday kids' matinees. The Garden live broadcasts performances from the Royal National Theatre and host talks and lectures from filmmakers including Terrence Malick and Peter Saraf.[10][11][12] In March 2017 the Garden was named New Jersey's best movie theater by NJ.com.[13] It offers screenings for a number of area film festivals.
In addition to walk-up ticket sales and concessions, the Garden Theatre relies on a core of members in order to meet its operating costs. Garden Theatre Members subscribe once per year with tax-deductible donations of various amounts and receive discounted admissions for all screenings.[14]
The Garden Theatre runs classic films all summer as part of its Hollywood Summer Nights series. Its yearly screenings of Jaws and Casablanca are always well-attended.