Warwick Cinema reinventing itself post pandemic, launching Warwick TV
The Warwick circa 1945. Courtesy Marblehead Museum
Warwick Cinema, a landmark in Marblehead for more than 100 years, has survived the pandemic and is reinventing itself again.
“We're thinking outside the box,” said Johnny Ray, who co-owns the Warwick and the adjoining restaurant ,The Beacon. “We’ll be doing events other than movies. Of course, we still do first-run movies all the time.”
COVID-19 shut down cinemas for months and slashed profits as people shied away from public indoor spaces. The pandemic also prompted big changes in the movie industry, said Ray.
“Hollywood started releasing movies in theaters and streaming simultaneously and people got acclimated to that. People made investments in their home entertainment systems.”
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