Playground Theater
9806 NE Second Avenue,
Miami Shores,
FL
33161
9806 NE Second Avenue,
Miami Shores,
FL
33161
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Built in 1946, the Shores Theatre operated as a single screen movie house until the late eighties. At that time it was transformed into the Shores Perfroming Arts Theatre, one of Miami’s up-and-coming professional theatre companies.
“We are extremely interested in finding out the who the architect was, and in seeing any photographs that may be available of this building in its hayday. Please contact us at (305) 751-0562.”
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Did this theater change its name? This is a website for the Playground Theater which has the same address as the Shores Performing Arts Theater.
I used to go to the Disney movies here. I also remember seeing that weird ass THE MOUSE AND HIS CHILD with my dad at the Shores. It always struck me as a oddly designed but interesting theatre because of all the standing room at the back of the hall, which was where the bathrooms were located. You’d walk out of the bathroom and boom, back in the theatre. Wonder if they kept the turnstiles?
In addition to my comments(two years ago), I remember they would show The Rocky Horror Picture Show on Saturdays at midnight. After you passed the doors, black and white pictures of the movie was in glass display case on the right.
Looks like they finally 86’d the SHORES on the marquee. Google mapped it this morning and it’s officially the Playground theatre with a crappy marquee, so technically, it’s not even the Shores Theater anymore.
Look, I know progress and everything, but ugh….
They suck.
1987 photos of the Shores here and here.
Recent view. http://www.city-data.com/picfilesc/picc34425.php
Shores theatre opens in 1946:
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Recently took in a 35mm screening of 1970’s Miami/Fort Lauderdale lensed DARKER THAN AMBER and during a pivotal scene (don’t want to spoil it for anyone), you can see the Shores marquee advertising MIDNIGHT COWBOY.
March 1981 Miami News article with Nat Chediak about the Shores here.