In this first-ever history of Pitman, NJ's Broadway Theatre, readers are transported to a front row seat for the silent movie house's May 19, 1926 premiere. Under the direction of manager Ralph Wilkins, the Broadway becomes a community center for cooking demonstrations, prom nights, World War II bond fundraising and screenings of Hollywood epics. Acts including Abbott and Costello, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Bob Hope and Bing Crosby are among the rising vaudeville acts to perform on the Broadway stage. With the arrival of mall cinemas in the 1970s, the theatre's new owner Clayton Platt reinvents the Broadway as a live country music venue, bringing Nashville's biggest stars to South Jersey, including Tammy Wynette, Johnny Cash and Loretta Lynn. But by 2005, the Broadway's peacock neon marquee is dark and the landmark is in bankruptcy. Deeply researched and featuring over 40 interviews, "Pitman's Broadway Theatre at 100" is both the history of an iconic building and the inspiring story of enduring progress in small town America over the last century - its struggles, successes and the people who banded together to save a beloved piece of its history.