A NONPROFIT Hiway Theater ART HOUSE Previews104H JUNE – SEPTEMBER 2018 WEST SIDE STORY INCLUDES OUR MAIN ATTRACTIONS AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS H IWAYT HEATER.ORG 267 864 0065 Welcome to the nonprofit Hiway Theater The Hiway Theater is a nonprofit, tax-exempt 501(c)(3) organization. Policies ADMISSION Children under 6 – Children under age 6 will not be admitted to our films or programs unless specifically indicated. General ............................................................$11.25 Late Arrivals – The Theater reserves the right to stop selling Members ...........................................................$6.75 tickets (and/or seating patrons) 10 minutes after a film has Seniors (62+) & Students ..................................$9.00 started. Matinees Outside Food and Drink – Patrons are not permitted to bring Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri before 4:30 outside food and drink into the theater. Sat & Sun before 2:30 .....................................$9.00 Wed Early Matinee before 2:30 ........................$8.00 Accessibility & Hearing Assistance – The Hiway Theater has a wheelchair-accessible auditorium and restroom, and is Affiliated Theater Members* .............................$6.75 equipped with hearing enhancement headsets and closed cap- You must present your membership card to obtain membership discounts. tion devices. (Please inquire at the concession stand.) The above ticket prices are subject to change. Parking Check our website for parking information. THANK YOU MEMBERS! Your membership is the foundation of the theater’s success. Without your membership support, we would not How can you support the Hiway Theater? exist. Thank you for being a member. Contact us with your feedback Be a member. or questions at 215 348 1878 x115 or email us at Become a member of the non- [email protected]. profit Hiway Theater and show *Affiliated Theater Members your support for good films and All members of our theater are entitled to members tickets at all a cultural landmark. See back “Renew Theaters” (Ambler, County, Garden, and Hiway), as well as panel for a membership form MEMBER at participating “Art House Theaters” nationwide. For more informa- or join online. Your financial tion, visit our website. support is tax-deductible. Give us feedback. Make a gift. Your film experience is the most important thing to us, so we Your additional gifts and support make us even better. Your welcome your feedback. Please let us know what we can do better. donations are fully tax-deductible. Contact our Business Office Contact us at 215 348 1878, or [email protected]. at 215 348 1878 x117 or at [email protected]. We’re Nonprofit. Remember us in your will. The Hiway Theater is owned and operated by Hiway Theatre, Inc., Make a legacy gift to the Hiway Theater. Contact our Business a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt, nonprofit corporation. Contributions are Office at 215 348 1878 x117 or email tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. The official registration [email protected]. and financial information of Hiway Theatre, Inc. may be obtained Be a sponsor. for the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll-free, within Receive prominent recognition for your business in exchange Pennsylvania, 1 800 732 0999. Registration does not imply en- for helping our nonprofit theater. Recognition comes in a variety dorsement. of ways – on our movie screens, in our brochures, and on our website. Contact us at 215 348 1878 x112 or at [email protected]. Hiway Theater Special thanks. The Hiway Theater receives funding support through 212 Old York Road, Jenkintown, PA 19046 a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, 267 864 0065 HOTLINE a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of 215 348 1878 Administrative Office Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the HiwayTheater.org Arts, a federal agency. PREVIEWS (104) JUNE 1, 2018 PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY HIWAY THEATRE, INC. 212 OLD YORK ROAD, JENKINTOWN, PA 19046 ISSUE NO. 104 MAIN ATTRACTIONS Main Attractions What main films will play at the Hiway? Predicting in advance what films will play at our beloved one-screen Hiway is the biggest challenge that we face. It is very hard to know ahead of time. The films listed here are an educated guess. Our website is always the best place to get up-to-the-minute Won’t You Be My information. Scheduling our main films is week- Neighbor? to-week. On Monday, we decide what USA - Morgan Neville main film will play starting that Friday. 1 hr 34 min On Tuesday and Wednesday, we set the An intimate look at America’s showtimes for the upcoming week and favorite neighbor: Mister Rogers. then update our website and telephone This emotional and moving film hotline. takes us beyond the zip-up We also send out a weekly email (sign cardigans and the Neighborhood of up at our website). Sometimes, we book Make-Believe, and into the heart of a main film a few weeks in advance, the man who inspired generations which we post on our website. of children with compassion and For our latest Main Attractions plans, imagination. There was not a dry visit: HiwayTheater.org. (Or call our eye when the film premiered at the Hotline at 267-864-0065) 2018 Sundance Film Festival. The Seagull Blindspotting Juliet, Naked USA - Michael Mayer - 1 hr 38 min USA - Carlos López Estrada - 1 hr 35 min UK - Jesse Peretz - 1 hr 45 min Saoirse Ronan and Annette Bening Lifelong friends Daveed Diggs and Rafael A reclusive singer-songwriter’s new star in a new adaptation of Anton Casal co-wrote and star in this timely and album upends several lives in this film Chekhov’s classic play. Set on a Russian entertaining story about the intersection about obsessive fandom. Ethan Hawke country estate, THE SEAGULL follows of race and class in a rapidly gentrifying stars as the vanished indie rocker, Rose the romantic and personal conflicts of Oakland, CA. BLINDSPOTTING is bursting Byrne as the lonelyheart he helps bring a dynamic cast of characters, featuring with style and humor, and is infused with back to life, and Chris O’Dowd plays a multiple love triangles and a play-within- the spirit of rap and spoken word. Carlos sad-sack academic who anchors the the-play. Also starring Elisabeth Moss López Estrada boldly directs his feature third side of the love triangle. A charm- and Corey Stoll. film debut. ing romantic comedy, adapted from Nick Hornby’s best-selling novel. HOLLYWOOD SUMMER2018 NIGHTS Classic Thursdays The Hiway Theater has a new year-round different films every week!) But that’s not film series: Classic Thursdays. We will have how the movie business works, so we must a classic film every other Thursday night. be flexible in programming these special titles. All things considered, this is the best way to bring you the most varied programs Dates subject to change. possible. Stay up-to-date by email. Due to the fact that we are a single screen The best way to be aware of everything theater, we occasionally must postpone happening at the Hiway is to get our weekly special classic screenings. This happens email. You can sign up right from our due to unavoidable contractual obligations website. Each week, we will let you know with our distributors. Any change will be about the Hiway’s upcoming films and announced at least a week ahead of time, events. We’ll also let you know about the and will result in pushing the date forward screenings at our sister theater, the Ambler, or back one week. So before you come, which members can attend for the same please check our website or hotline for member price as the Hiway. confirmation. Ticket prices for Classic Thursdays. Why? Because that’s how the movie biz Our normal ticket prices apply to Classic works. Thursdays, except for young cineastes: Believe us, we wouldn’t have this “subject patrons 18 and younger will only be to change” policy if we didn’t have to. charged an admission of $3 for this series. (If we made the rules, we’d show 3 or 4 HiwayTheater.org In addition to up-to-date movie listings and information about upcoming films and programs, the Hiway Theater website also offers a quick and easy way to become a member. June 14 Thurs 7:00 Date subject to change. Our weekly email update. See intro explanation. Sign up at our website and we’ll send you our weekly email. Jaws 1975 - 2 hr 4 in - USA - color - PG - DCP - Universal - d: Steven Spielberg w/ Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss When a great white shark terrorizes the townspeople of Amity Island, the police chief, a grizzled shark Join in the conversation. hunter, and an oceanographer must set out to kill it. Director Steven Spielberg invented the summer Become a fan of the Hiway Theater on blockbuster with this thriller adapted from Peter Benchley’s novel. Facebook and Twitter, or check out our blog at RenewTheaters.org/blog HOLLYWOOD SUMMER2018 NIGHTS July 12 Thurs 7:00 July 26 Thurs 7:00 Date subject to change. Date subject to change. See intro explanation. See intro explanation. Vertigo 1958 - 2 hr 8 min - color - USA DCP - Paramount - d: Alfred Hitchcock - w/ James Stewart, Christmas in July Kim Novak 1940 - 1 hr 7 min - USA - b/w - DCP Celebrating the 60th anniversary of Paramount - d: Preston Sturges - w/ Dick VERTIGO, the crowning achievement Powell, Ellen Drew, Raymond Walburn of Hitchcock’s artistry. Jimmy This delightful comedy by Preston Sturges Stewart plays a detective with a revolves around a prank gone awry. When the fear of heights who has a powerful co-workers of an ambitious clerk trick him obsession with a young woman into thinking he has won $25,000 in a slogan played by Kim Novak.