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Mel Brooks Month: Spaceballs (3 PM)

  • The Newtown Theatre 120 North State Street Newtown, PA 18940 (map)

January will be “Mel Brooks Month” at the historic Newtown Theatre. During the month, the theatre will screen four of Brooks’ classic films, including Spaceballs (1987) on Thursday, January 4 at 3 PM.

Looking for the 7:30 PM screening? Get your tickets here.

A star pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs. Starring Mel Brooks, Rick Moranis, John Candy, Bill Pullman and Daphne Zuniga.

Online tickets are $15 and $10 for theatre members. Doors open at 2:30 PM and seating is general admission.

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Young Frankenstein (1974) on Thursday, January 11 at 3 and 7:30 PM. Frankenstein’s grandson Frederick, who inherits the family estate and discovers his grandfather’s private journal which contains the secret to reanimating life. Starring Gene Wilder, Peter Boyle, Teri Garr and Madeline Kahn.

The Producers (2005 version) on Thursday, January 18 at 3 and 7:30 PM. A failing producer and his accountant scam a group of elderly women out of their nest eggs by convincing them to invest in a horrendously offensive Third Reich-themed musical secretly intended to bomb the moment it opens. Starring Nathan Lane, Matthew Broderick, Mel Brooks, Will Ferrell and Uma Thurman

Blazing Saddles (1974) on Thursday, January 25 at 3 and 7:30 PM. In this satirical take on Westerns, crafty railroad worker Bart becomes the first black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad. Starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder.

DETAILS

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

  • All tickets are general admission.

  • Members of the Newtown Theatre: 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.