SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) of the
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

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        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 23, 1998

                          Clearview Cinema Group, Inc.
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)


       Delaware                001-13187               22-3338356
    (State or other         (Commission file         (IRS employer
    jurisdiction of             number)           identification no.)
    incorporation)


97 Main Street                                             07928
Chatham, New Jersey                                     (Zip code)
(Address of principal executive
offices)



Registrant's telephone number,
including area code:  (973) 377-4646




                                     




                                   

Item 5.   Other Events

      On April 23, 1998, Clearview Cinema Group, Inc. (the "Company") designated
a new series, consisting of 3,000 shares of its preferred stock, $.01 par value,
as  Class C  Convertible  Preferred  Stock  (the  "Class C  Preferred  Shares"),
pursuant to, and in accordance  with the terms of, a Certificate  of Designation
of Class C Convertible Preferred Stock of Clearview Cinema Group, Inc., dated as
of April 23, 1998 (the "Certificate of Designation"). The Company entered into a
Securities  Purchase  Agreement,  dated as of April 23,  1998  (the  "Securities
Purchase  Agreement") with Proprietary  Convertible  Investment Group, Inc. (the
"Purchaser"),  whereby the Company  issued 3,000 shares of its Class C Preferred
Shares to the Purchaser for an aggregate  purchase  price of $3,000,000  paid in
cash on April 24,  1998.  The  Certificate  of  Designation  and the  Securities
Purchase  Agreement  are  attached  hereto as Exhibit  4.01 and  Exhibit  10.01,
respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.

      In  connection  with the  issuance  of the Class C Preferred  Shares,  the
Company and the Purchaser entered into a Registration Rights Agreement, dated as
of April 23, 1998 (the "Registration  Rights Agreement")  relating to the shares
of Class C Preferred  Shares  issued to the  Purchaser.  Under the  Registration
Rights Agreement, the Company agreed to prepare and file with the Securities and
Exchange  Commission not later than July 15, 1998, a  registration  statement on
Form SB-2 as a "shelf"  registration  under Rule 415 of the Securities  Exchange
Act of 1934,  as amended,  covering the resale of at least 150% of the number of
shares of Registrable Securities (as defined in Section 1(e) of the Registration
Rights  Agreement) then issuable on conversion of the Class C Preferred  Shares.
The Company also granted the Purchaser incidental registration rights to include
shares of Common Stock received by the Purchaser upon  conversion of the Class C
Preferred  Shares in registration  statements filed by the Company in connection
with the public  offering  of shares of Common  Stock for cash (other than under
employee plans or in connection with a business combination),  if a registration
statement covering the Registrable Shares is not otherwise effective.  A copy of
the  Registration  Rights  Agreement is attached  hereto as Exhibit 10.02 and is
incorporated by reference herein in its entirety.

Item 7.   Financial Statements and Exhibits.

      (c)   Exhibits.

           4.01   Certificate of  Designation  of Class C Convertible  Preferred
                  Stock of Clearview Cinema Group, Inc., dated April 23, 1998.

           10.01  Securities  Purchase  Agreement,  dated  as of April 23, 1998,
                  by  and  between  Clearview Cinema Group, Inc. and Proprietary
                  Convertible Investment Group, Inc.

           10.02  Registration Rights Agreement, dated as April 23, 1998, by and
                  between   Clearview   Cinema  Group,   Inc.,  and  Proprietary
                  Convertible Investment Group, Inc.






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                                   SIGNATURES

      Pursuant to the  requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.



                                  CLEARVIEW CINEMA GROUP, INC.


                                  By:
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                                  Name:  A. Dale Mayo
                                  Title: Chairman  of  the  Board, President and
                                         Chief Executive Officer
Date:  May 8, 1998



                                      


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Exhibit Index

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 EXHIBIT NO.                       DOCUMENT                          PAGE NO.
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    4.01      Certificate of Designation of Class C Convertible   Filed herewith
              Preferred Stock of Clearview Cinema Group, Inc.,
              dated April 23, 1998.

    10.01     Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of April     Filed herewith
              23, 1998, by and between Clearview Cinema Group,
              Inc. and Proprietary Convertible Investment Group,
              Inc.

    10.02     Registration  Rights  Agreement  dated as April 23, Filed herewith
              1998, by and between Clearview Cinema Group, Inc., 
              and Proprietary Convertible Investment Group, Inc.



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