Slapstick fans are invited to “nyuk-nyuk-nyuk” it up with Larry, Moe and Curly during the Newtown Theatre’s 7th annual Three Stooges Film Fest on Sunday, April 28 at 3 PM.

Michelle Squiccimara, registrar and outreach coordinator at The Stoogeum in Ambler, will host the event and introduce five classic Stooge shorts:

• Beer and Pretzels (1933)

• Tassels in the Air (1938)

• Micro-Phonies (1945)

• Hold That Lion (1947)

• Spooks (1953) – shown in 3D (glasses will be provided)

Tickets are $22 for general admission and $17 for Newtown Theatre members. Any remaining tickets will be sold for $32 at the door on the day of the event (if available).

All seating is general admission.

DETAILS

• Doors open at 2 PM and the event starts at 3 PM.

• Beer, wine, and canned cocktails will be available for purchase before the movie.

• All tickets are general admission.

• All ticket sales are final. Refunds will not be offered for any reason. If you can't attend, you're welcome to give your tickets to someone else. The name on the ticket does not have to match the person using it.

• Need help finding your tickets? First, check your junk or spam folder in your inbox. If you don't see your tickets there, try to retrieve them here. If you have tried both of these things and you still don't see your tickets, please contact us for help.

• Please bring your tickets! Electronic or hard copy is fine. We recommend printing them out (or saving them to your phone) as soon as soon as you buy them.

• Members, please be prepared to present your membership card at the door. 

A documentary that feels like a thriller, Beyond Utopia is a gripping -- and frightening -- glimpse of life under oppression.

A suspenseful, riveting portrait of the lengths people will go to gain freedom, BEYOND UTOPIA follows various families as they attempt to flee North Korea, one of the most oppressive places on Earth, a land they grew up believing was a paradise. At the film's core is a courageous pastor, a man of God on a mission to help a mother reunite with the child she was forced to leave behind, and a family of five -- including small children and an elderly grandmother -- embarking on a treacherous journey into the hostile mountains of China. Leaving their homeland is fraught with unimaginable danger -- yet these individuals are driven to take the risk.

DETAILS

• Doors open at 2:30 PM and the film starts at 3 PM.

• Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and $6 for Newtown Theatre members.

• Tickets can be purchased only at the box office right before the film. All tickets are general admission.

• Members, please be prepared to present your membership card at the door.

A documentary that feels like a thriller, Beyond Utopia is a gripping -- and frightening -- glimpse of life under oppression.

A suspenseful, riveting portrait of the lengths people will go to gain freedom, BEYOND UTOPIA follows various families as they attempt to flee North Korea, one of the most oppressive places on Earth, a land they grew up believing was a paradise. At the film's core is a courageous pastor, a man of God on a mission to help a mother reunite with the child she was forced to leave behind, and a family of five -- including small children and an elderly grandmother -- embarking on a treacherous journey into the hostile mountains of China. Leaving their homeland is fraught with unimaginable danger -- yet these individuals are driven to take the risk.

DETAILS

• Doors open at 7 PM and the film starts at 7:30 PM.

• Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and $6 for Newtown Theatre members.

• Tickets can be purchased only at the box office right before the film. All tickets are general admission.

• Members, please be prepared to present your membership card at the door.

The historic Newtown Theatre will flash back to the 1950s when it presents an old-fashioned sci-fi double feature on Friday, May 10 at 7:30 PM.

This night will bring two black-and-white classics back to the big screen – “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” (run time: 1:05) and “Them!” (run time: 1:34)

Released in 1958, “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” features an abused socialite who grows to giant size after an alien encounter. The woman then goes after her cheating husband with revenge on her mind.

1954’s “Them” is one of the first “nuclear monster” films and features a nest of common ants that have mutated into giant man-eating monsters from atomic tests. The ants go on to threaten civilization.

Online tickets are $22 per person or $17 for theatre members. Tickets include free popcorn and one free drink (alcoholic or non).

Any remaining tickets will be sold for $30 at the door for everyone on the night of the movie, if available.

DETAILS

• Doors open at 6:30 PM and the event starts at 7:30 PM.

• Tickets include free popcorn and one free drink (alcoholic or non).

• Beer, wine, and canned cocktails will be available for purchase before the movie.

• All tickets are general admission.

• All ticket sales are final. Refunds will not be offered for any reason. If you can't attend, you're welcome to give your tickets to someone else. The name on the ticket does not have to match the person using it.

• Need help finding your tickets? First, check your junk or spam folder in your inbox. If you don't see your tickets there, try to retrieve them here. If you have tried both of these things and you still don't see your tickets, please contact us for help.

• Please bring your tickets! Electronic or hard copy is fine. We recommend printing them out (or saving them to your phone) as soon as soon as you buy them.

• Members, please be prepared to present your membership card at the door. 

Co-hosted with Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve

The historic Newtown Theatre will screen “My Garden of a Thousand Bees” on Tuesday, May 14 at 7:30 PM. This screening is co-hosted by Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve.

Taking refuge from the pandemic, wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn sets out to record the incredible variety of wild bees in his small garden. Dohrn is an expert at exploring the macroscopic world; his last project on ants with David Attenborough won numerous awards. In this film, he unravels a bee-filled universe inhabited by winged creatures of every size and shape.

From giant bumblebees to scissor bees the size of a mosquito, he has seen more than 60 species of bees in his backyard. As he gets sucked into this world, he narrates with the charm and informative voice of a man obsessed. Filmed with one-of-a-kind lenses forged on his kitchen table, this film illuminates its audience with unique natural history insights, and depths of behaviors never recorded before.

Online tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors/students, or $6 for members of the Newtown Theatre and Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve. Tickets will also be sold at the door if available.

DETAILS

• Doors open at 7 PM and the first film starts at 7:30 PM.

• All tickets are general admission.

• Members of the Newtown Theatre/Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, please be prepared to present your membership card at the door. 

• Please bring your tickets! Electronic or hard copy is fine. We recommend printing them out (or saving them to your phone) as soon as soon as you buy them.

• Need help finding your tickets? First, check your junk or spam folder in your inbox. If you don't see your tickets there, try to retrieve them here. If you have tried both of these things and you still don't see your tickets, please contact us for help.

• All ticket sales are final. Refunds/exchanges will not be offered for any reason. If you can't attend, you're welcome to give your tickets to someone else. The name on the ticket does not have to match the person using it.

Thanks to Harris Comfort for sponsoring our 2024 Classic Series.

“Lawrence of Arabia” (1962) will make a rare appearance on the big screen – with a twist! – at the historic Newtown Theatre on Wednesday, May 15 at 10 AM.

Since the movie is nearly four hours long, this screening will feature a 90-minute intermission at the halfway mark, allowing ticketholders time to enjoy lunch at one of the nearby restaurants in Newtown.

The winner of seven Academy Awards, including “Best Picture” and “Best Director,” “Lawrence of Arabia” features Peter O’Toole as British Lieutenant T.E. Lawrence, who is sent to Arabia to find Prince Faisal and serve as a liaison between the Arabs and the British in their fight against the Turks. With the aid of native Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif),

Lawrence rebels against the orders of his superior officer and strikes out on a daring camel journey across the harsh desert to attack a well-guarded Turkish port.

DETAILS

• Doors open at 9:30 AM and the film starts at 10 AM. After a break for intermission at noon, the film will resume at 1:30 PM.

• Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and $6 for Newtown Theatre members.

• Tickets can be purchased only at the box office right before the film. All tickets are general admission.

• Members, please be prepared to present your membership card at the door.

The historic Newtown Theatre will screen “Film is Dead. Long Live Film!” on Thursday, May 16 at 7:30 PM. The documentary includes an interview with Lou DiCrescenzo, a long-time Newtown Theatre projectionist who recently passed away.

“Film is Dead. Long Live Film!” explores the vanishing world of private film collecting – an obsessive, secretive, often-illicit world of basement film vaults, piled high with forgotten reels, and inhabited by passionate cinephiles devoted to the rescue and preservation of photochemical film.

Condemned as pirates and hounded by the FBI, film collectors have long lurked in the shadows. Yet their efforts have resulted in the survival of countless films that would otherwise have been lost to history. Archives and studios now look to private hands for missing titles and many collectors have begun restoring and releasing films themselves. As analog film fades from memory, the basement dwellers and bootleggers of old are finally being given their due.

“Film is Dead. Long Live Film!” is a lively tribute to the private film collector, a celebration of the fetishistic subculture of pre-video movie love, and a timely reminder of the glories of analog film.

DETAILS

• Doors open at 7 PM and the film starts at 7:30 PM.

• Tickets are available only at the theatre box office starting 30 minutes before the movie starts. Cost is $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and $6 for Newtown Theatre members and children 12 and younger.

• All tickets are general admission.

• Members, please be prepared to present your membership card at the door.

Led by a pair of powerful performances, Maestro serves as a stirring overview of a tremendous talent's life and legacy.

Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Carey Mulligan). A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.

DETAILS

• Doors open at 2:30 PM and the film starts at 3 PM.

• Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and $6 for Newtown Theatre members.

• Tickets can be purchased only at the box office right before the film. All tickets are general admission.

• Members, please be prepared to present your membership card at the door.

Led by a pair of powerful performances, Maestro serves as a stirring overview of a tremendous talent's life and legacy.

Maestro is a towering and fearless love story chronicling the lifelong relationship between Leonard Bernstein (Bradley Cooper) and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein (Carey Mulligan). A love letter to life and art, Maestro at its core is an emotionally epic portrayal of family and love.

DETAILS

• Doors open at 7:00 PM and the film starts at 7:30 PM.

• Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and $6 for Newtown Theatre members.

• Tickets can be purchased only at the box office right before the film. All tickets are general admission.

• Members, please be prepared to present your membership card at the door.

From make-believe starship captain to a real-life rocketman, William Shatner has led one of the most unique and best-lived lives on the planet. And while the actor William Shatner may be recognizable around the globe, the man behind the masks is even more interesting than the iconic roles he's played.

DETAILS

• Doors open at 2:30 PM and the film starts at 3 PM.

• Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and $6 for Newtown Theatre members.

• Tickets can be purchased only at the box office right before the film. All tickets are general admission.

• Members, please be prepared to present your membership card at the door.

From make-believe starship captain to a real-life rocketman, William Shatner has led one of the most unique and best-lived lives on the planet. And while the actor William Shatner may be recognizable around the globe, the man behind the masks is even more interesting than the iconic roles he's played.

DETAILS

• Doors open at 7:00 PM and the film starts at 7:30 PM.

• Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and $6 for Newtown Theatre members.

• Tickets can be purchased only at the box office right before the film. All tickets are general admission.

• Members, please be prepared to present your membership card at the door.

In honor of the 80th anniversary of D-Day, the historic Newtown Theatre will screen “The Girl Who Wore Freedom” on Tuesday, June 4 at 7:30 PM.

This inspiring documentary shares the untold stories of D-Day from the French men, women and children who lived through the German occupation and Allied liberation of Normandy. Countless D-Day documentaries focus on the soldiers, but few, if any, focus on the experience of the local citizens. What did they and their families experience during the four years of Nazi occupation? What are their memories of the summer of 1944?

One little girl’s story exemplifies how the French saw – and still remember – the bravery and heroism of the American GIs. Her name is Dany Patrix (“The Girl Who Wore Freedom”) and she is the thread that weaves viewers through this story. People like Dany still remember and appreciate the sacrifices that were made and celebrate these memories annually.

DETAILS

• Doors open at 7 PM and the film starts at 7:30.

• Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and $6 for Newtown Theatre members.

• Tickets can be purchased only at the box office right before the film. All tickets are general admission.

• Members, please be prepared to present your membership card at the door.

Absorbing purely as a chronicle of her remarkable career, Joan Baez I Am a Noise is also moving as a depiction of one woman's personal journey from pain to peace and forgiveness.

Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, Joan Baez I Am a Noise is a raw and intimate portrait of the legendary folk singer and activist that shifts back and forth through time as it follows Joan on her final tour and delves into her extraordinary archive, including newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, therapy tapes, and audio recordings. Baez is remarkably revealing about her life on and off stage — from her lifelong emotional struggles to her civil rights work with MLK and a heartbreaking romance with a young Bob Dylan. A searingly honest look at a living legend, this film is a compelling and deeply personal exploration of an iconic artist who has never told the full truth of her life, as she experienced it, until now.

DETAILS

• Doors open at 2:30 PM and the film starts at 3:00 PM.

• Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and $6 for Newtown Theatre members.

• Tickets can be purchased only at the box office right before the film. All tickets are general admission.

• Members, please be prepared to present your membership card at the door.

Absorbing purely as a chronicle of her remarkable career, Joan Baez I Am a Noise is also moving as a depiction of one woman's personal journey from pain to peace and forgiveness.

Neither a conventional biopic nor a traditional concert film, Joan Baez I Am a Noise is a raw and intimate portrait of the legendary folk singer and activist that shifts back and forth through time as it follows Joan on her final tour and delves into her extraordinary archive, including newly discovered home movies, diaries, artwork, therapy tapes, and audio recordings. Baez is remarkably revealing about her life on and off stage — from her lifelong emotional struggles to her civil rights work with MLK and a heartbreaking romance with a young Bob Dylan. A searingly honest look at a living legend, this film is a compelling and deeply personal exploration of an iconic artist who has never told the full truth of her life, as she experienced it, until now.

DETAILS

• Doors open at 7:00 PM and the film starts at 7:30 PM.

• Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and $6 for Newtown Theatre members.

• Tickets can be purchased only at the box office right before the film. All tickets are general admission.

• Members, please be prepared to present your membership card at the door.

Thanks to Harris Comfort for sponsoring our 2024 Classic Series.

Led by energetic performances from Nicolas Cage and Cher, Moonstruck is an exuberantly funny tribute to love and one of the decade's most appealing comedies.

No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta (Cher) accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny (Danny Aiello), than she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny (Nicolas Cage). She tries to resist, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother, and has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls deeper in love, she comes to learn that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.

DETAILS

• Doors open at 2:30 PM and the film starts at 3 PM.

• Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and $6 for Newtown Theatre members.

• Tickets can be purchased only at the box office right before the film. All tickets are general admission.

• Members, please be prepared to present your membership card at the door.

Thanks to Harris Comfort for sponsoring our 2024 Classic Series.

Led by energetic performances from Nicolas Cage and Cher, Moonstruck is an exuberantly funny tribute to love and one of the decade's most appealing comedies.

No sooner does Italian-American widow Loretta (Cher) accept a marriage proposal from her doltish boyfriend, Johnny (Danny Aiello), than she finds herself falling for his younger brother, Ronny (Nicolas Cage). She tries to resist, but Ronny lost his hand in an accident he blames on his brother, and has no scruples about aggressively pursuing her while Johnny is out of the country. As Loretta falls deeper in love, she comes to learn that she's not the only one in her family with a secret romance.

DETAILS

• Doors open at 7 PM and the film starts at 7:30 PM.

• Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and students, and $6 for Newtown Theatre members.

• Tickets can be purchased only at the box office right before the film. All tickets are general admission.

• Members, please be prepared to present your membership card at the door.

Support our community’s historic theatre!

On Thursday, June 27 at 6:30 PM, you’re invited to attend the fourth annual “Reel” Garden Party to support the historic Newtown Theatre.

This outdoor cocktail party includes an open bar, heavy hors d’oeuvres, music and special auction items. The party will be hosted at the home of Ernie and Rebecca Bancroft at 541 East Centre Ave., Newtown.

All proceeds benefit the non-profit historic theatre. Thank you for your support!