(ASBURY PARK, NJ) -- The Asbury Park Dance Festival and The ShowRoom join forces to celebrate the artistry of Bob Fosse—whose groundbreaking choreography, stylized movement, and cinematic vision forever changed both stage and screen dance—with two special screenings ahead of APDF's big night on August 23, 2025 at House of Independents.
Thursday, August 14 – Cabaret (1972). Liza Minnelli stars as Sally Bowles in 1930s Berlin, captivating audiences at the Kit Kat Club while the world outside grows darker. Winner of eight Academy Awards, including Best Director for Fosse.
Thursday, August 21 – All That Jazz (1979). Roy Scheider plays Joe Gideon, a driven director-choreographer whose relentless work and self-destructive habits blur the line between art and reality in Fosse’s audacious, semi-autobiographical masterpiece.
Tickets are $15 and available at showroomcinemas.com. The ShowRoom is located at 707 Cookman Avenue in Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Asbury Park Dance Festival brings together world-renowned companies and dancers to share their artistry in support of arts education advocacy through performances and free educational experiences.
The ShowRoom Cinema opened in Asbury Park, NJ, in April, 2009, as a single-screen, 50 seat movie theater, with a goal of bringing provocative and relevant independent movies and engaging special events to the city’s budding downtown. In 2012 the theater evolved into a 3-screen, independent cinema and became the leading entertainment destination in Asbury Park’s eclectic, art-infused downtown shopping district.
Through its eleven year run, The ShowRoom brought an important selection of independent, first-run films — including critically-acclaimed domestic and foreign features, documentaries, festival winners and shorts — to the Jersey Shore. It also hosted a variety of special one night only screenings, live performances and community-driven special events. The theater closed in 2020, but new owners Daria Parr and family are excited to welcome The ShowRoom back to Asbury Park. As the last year and a half has shown, the simple pleasure of seeing a new release on a big screen with a roomful of fellow film fans is an experience many of us didn’t realize we would miss until it was gone.
The ShowRoom will continue to deliver the same high quality film selection and impeccable customer service that the theater has become known for while working toward the big picture goal: restoring some of what was lost during the pandemic by inviting our cherished guests to share the energy and fun of going to the movies again.
