Don & Ann Brown Theatre
201 Clematis Street,
West Palm Beach,
FL
33401
201 Clematis Street,
West Palm Beach,
FL
33401
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The Florida Theatre opened on December 17, 1949 with Olivia De Havilland in “The Heiress”. It was operated by Florida State Theatres, and had a seating capacity for 871, all on a single floor. The Florida Theatre was closed as a movie theatre in 1981.
Later known as the Cuillo Centre for the Arts, it features both live performance and film presentation. The balcony was recently enclosed and transformed into a separate auditorium. In 2011, it was renamed the Don & Ann Brown Theatre.
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Here and here are photos from June 2007 of the former Florida Theatre.
This is a recent night view.
Here is another 2008 photo.
Would love to see exterior and interior photos of when it was the Florida Theatre.
The theater did not originally have a balcony – I worked there in 1986-89, when it was the home of the Florida Repertory Company. It was gutted around 1996 when the Burt Reynolds Institute for Theatre Training took it over.
I lived in WPB for over 30 years and never entered this theatre which was located downtown near the library though I did go to the Paramount in nearby Palm Beach. Now that I’m a theatre buff I wish the theatre’s originality had not been compromised and it was as it opened in 1949. Strange to learn that this theatre never had a balcony.
Time for another name change: It’s now The Don & Ann Brown Theatre, new home of Palm Beach Dramaworks, with another round of extensive renovations. Substantial coverage at http://www.palmbeachdramaworks.org/clematisnews.php
Quite the video for palmbeachdramaworks! Congratulations on their upcoming opening 11.11.11
Wish the interior had been kept original as it would be quite an original landmark now in 2011.