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Scenicartist commented about Sombrero Playhouse on Jul 13, 2013 at 9:18 am

I was a scenic artist at Sombrero in 1968 under designer Bobby Soule. I still have some of the playbills. The owner was married to a Woolworth heir and bought the theatre to meet some stars. I lived in a motel behind The Islands with John Barnett. Room was sparce with a small kitchen. I didn’t meet Henry, the waiter that you mentioned. There was a kitchen area in the theatre that wasn’t used anymore. I brought an oval frying pan home to IN. The Islands was an upscale exotic place with a Marley type band. I remember the huge waterfall and plants. Ann Southern was fat and bitchy. Not the cute pert gal on the TV sitcom.