A host of theaters Click here for a list of some of the professional and community theaters in the area. Or here for a list of movie theaters. Professional companies like the Wilma Theater, the Philadelphia Theatre Company and the Walnut Street Theatre Company dominate the city's rich theatrical life which is supplemented by touring Broadway shows at the Forrest and Merriam theaters.
Theater also ranks as one of South Jersey's hardiest cultural perennials.
Add in professional companies like Foundation Theatre at Burlington County College and almost professional companies like the Ritz Theatre in Oaklyn and the South Jersey theater fan is faced with a range of entertainment choices. In recent years, local theater companies have acquired their own performing spaces. The Footlighters recently purchased the historic school house that has been their home for a decade in Cinnaminson. Some community theater troupes like Woodbury's Sketch Club Players already have their own stages. Others like the Village Playbox of Haddon Heights or the Spotliters of Washington Township take their performances to high school auditoriums or local churches.