Count Basie Center for the Arts

40°20′56.4″N 74°4′12.36″W / 40.349000°N 74.0701000°W / 40.349000; -74.0701000

Count Basie Center for the Arts
Entrance to Count Basie Theatre in 2018
Map
Former namesCarlton Theater (1926–71)
Monmouth Arts Center (1973–84)
Count Basie Theatre (1984–2018)
Address99 Monmouth St
Red Bank, New Jersey
United States
OwnerNew Jersey State Council on the Arts
Capacity1,568 (Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre)
Construction
OpenedNovember 11, 1926 (1926-11-11)
Renovated
  • 1971-73
  • 2008
  • 2017
Website
The Basie
Carlton Theater
NRHP reference No.09001100
NJRHP No.2042[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPDecember 18, 2009
Designated NJRHPMay 20, 2009

The Count Basie Center for the Arts, originally Count Basie Theatre, is a landmarked performing arts center in Red Bank, New Jersey.

The building first opened in 1926 as the Carlton Theater and later, in 1973, became known as the Monmouth Arts Center.[2] In 1984 it was renamed the Count Basie Theatre after famed jazz musician and Red Bank native, William "Count" Basie.

In 2018, the venue changed its name to the Count Basie Center for the Arts. The name of the theater itself was purchased and renamed the Hackensack Meridian Health Theatre.

The building was designed by architect William E. Lehman and has a seating capacity of 1,568.

  1. ^ "New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places - Monmouth County" (PDF). New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection - Historic Preservation Office. March 1, 2011. p. 12. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 4, 2011. Retrieved April 26, 2011.
  2. ^ "Count Basie Center for the Arts". Fisher Dachs Associates. Retrieved 2022-12-10.