Ritz Theatre — Attraction in Newberry

This is a beautiful theatre space. My one time experience here wasn't good but I think it was a freak thing and it had more to do with other patrons and city work than the theatre, performers, or those working the box office and concessions. Everyone working was very nice. The city was doing some work down the street and the electricity went out for a good 15 minutes, two songs before intermission. The other patrons at this particular performance were at best, ignorant of theatre etiquette and at worst, just incredibly rude. People moved from the front row to the concession stand and back in the middle of songs, texted in the front row and liked swim suit models' instagrams and watched mma on their phones during song performances. I would strongly recommend having a brief etiquette overview at the top of every performance AND having a house manager who isn't afraid of conflict enforcing the expectations and asking people to leave or at least put their phones away during the performances.

That being said, I would give the theatre the benefit of the doubt, assume these aren't typical occurrences and give it another opportunity...

April 2023 - I Appreciate the impromptu private tour Hannah graciously gave me recently. The theater is full of history, curious substructures, and overall mystique…And that wasn’t even during a production. Another key establishment in the revitalization of...

So cool seeing history preserved. My dad and I were just walking around downtown and popped our heads in to see it. Next thing we know we were getting a private history tour. You can tell they love what they're doing to keep restore this...